Sundance. Eat, For This Is My Body.

"The surreal, virtually non-narrative first feature from filmmaker Michelange Quay, Eat, For This is My Body is the rare Sundance title that unquestionably bears the mark of an obstinately independent vision," writes Karina Longworth at the SpoutBlog. "It's by turns exhilarating and totally confounding, and it's certainly not always successful, but it is always a challenge, and for that alone it pops out of the pack. It's also incredible to look at. The opening series of arial sweeps across Haiti, from postcard-perfect coastline to inland slums to desolate mountain terrain, is absolutely breathtaking."

"Personally, I found Eat fairly enjoyable, though I largely ignored the heavy-handedness of Quay's black-and-white symbolism and just grooved on the sumptuousness of his imagery and the rhythm of his camera moves and editing," writes Noel Murray at the AV Club.

IndieWIRE interviews Quay.

Earlier: Andrew Tracy in Cinema Scope.

Posted by dwhudson at January 19, 2008 4:13 PM