A Lot of Sorrow (2013)
장르 : 음악
상영시간 : 6시간 9분
연출 : Ragnar Kjartansson
시놉시스
Icelandic artist and musician Ragnar Kjartansson’s often intensely durational performance-based works manifest a rare synthesis of pathos and humor. A Lot of Sorrow is both a music video and an extended concert film, in which Brooklyn-based band the National performs its three-and-a-half minute ballad “Sorrow” on repeat for six hours. The band’s music and lyrics frequently conjure notions of romantic suffering and melancholy—themes common to Kjartansson’s emotive, theatrical work. As the hours pass and fatigue sets in, the musicians subtly alter their song; the original track is always recognizable but is also shown to be elastic and expressive rather than rigid. Kjartansson is sometimes visible in the role of roadie, offering water and food to the performers throughout the concert. Multiple camera angles grant the viewer access to both the perspective of the musicians and that of the audience, as the band and the crowd feed off each other’s energy with every repetition.
어긋난 섹스 게임, 외딴 별장에 홀로 남겨진 아내. 침대에 결박된 채로, 그녀는 뒤틀린 환상과 어두운 비밀에 휩싸인다. 그리고 피하고 싶은 선택의 순간이 다가온다.
조쉬(토머스 미들디치)의 생일날 그의 여자친구 레이첼(Alison Brie)이 자살을 했다. 그로부터 3개월 후 조쉬와 친구들은 그가 총각파티를 하려고 빌려놨던 펜션에 모여, 조쉬의 상처를 위로하기로 한다. 처음에는 떠들석했던 모임 중 각자의 인연들을 만나게되고, 위로의 밤은 깊어만 간다. 그러면서도 잊혀지지 않는 그날의 아픔. 항상 밝게 웃는 친구들이지만, 그들의 마음 속에 조쉬의 행복만을 바라게 된다. 조쉬와 친구들이 미리 예약했던 스트리퍼들을 부른 그때, 창 밖에서는 누군가 자신들을 촬영하고 있는 것을 발견하게 되고, 잠시 후 그가 레이첼의 부모님들이 보낸 사람이라는 것을 알게된 조쉬는 당혹감을 감추지 못하게 되는데...
제목대로 “나는 좀비와 함께 걸었다”는 내레이션으로 시작되는 영화는, 자칫 현재의 좀비영화를 생각한다면 커다란 실망감을 줄 수도 있다. 이것은 우리가 지금 알고 있는 좀비영화도 아닐뿐더러 어떤 면에서는 대단한 사건도 일어나지 않는, 그래서 분위기와 인물만이 부각되는 영화이기 때문이다. 영화는 캐나다 출신의 간호사 벳시가 폴이라는 농장주의 아내 제시카를 돌보는 일을 하러 서인도 제도로 떠나면서 시작된다. 제시카는 심한 열병에 걸린 뒤로 살아 있는 시체나 다름없는 상태에 빠져 있다. 그런데 벳시는 그만 폴과 사랑에 빠지고 폴을 위해 제시카를 살려내겠다며 부두교 주술의 힘을 빌리려 한다. 삶과 죽음, 초자연적인 요소와 일상의 삶이 실존적인 갈등을 벌이는 양상을 다룬 이 영화는 투르뇌르적인 모호함의 한 정점을 보여주면서 그것이 어떻게 매력으로 치환될 수 있는지를 증명한다. 벽에 드리운 그림자와 불길한 사운드가 두려움의 분위기를 조성하는 데 얼마나 효과적일 수 있는지를 보여주는 영화이다
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