Gina Telaroli
May 5, 2008 |
11:47 am EST
In honor of Cinco de Mayo, I thought I would do a post about one of my favorite and fairly unknown Mexican filmmakers, Carlos Reygadas. Reygadas has directed three feature films - Japon, Battle in Heaven and most recently Silent Light. He’s a visual filmmaker who focuses on landscapes and people instead of plot and action.
I was lucky enough to see Silent Light at the New York Film Festival last year - it hasn’t been distributed yet. It’s a beautiful, Dreyer-esque story of a love triangle in a small Mennonite community:
You can go here to read an interview with Reygadas from a few years ago :
http://www.close-upfilm.com/features/Interviews/carlosreygadas.htm/
