The Wanting Mare

I'm a fan of obscure stuff, but this was something else. Watch the behind the scenes on youtube, it's much more interesting. A little tip for the filmmaker: people usually watch a movie for it's story. In this one there is literally zero of it, it could be a random camera test for all I know.

Wait...what?? That's how I felt after watching this movie. It does tell a story, but it is very, very basic and simple. That is the point, however. Think...well, the opposite of a Marvel movie.

This movie abandons traditional narrative structure and, instead, seems to read like a visual interpretation of a poem. Characters come and go, strain within the most tenuous of relationships, questions remain unanswered, and dialogue is spare to see the least. With each character sketched more so than developed, I can understand the hostile reaction of most reviews here. But 'The Wanting Mare' is a consistently beautiful and gentle experience and, if a western visual education can be abandoned, there is much with which to be rewarded.

I really tried watching this but it was just incredibly slow. I may have made it to the 30 minute mark and didn't bother skipping ahead. The characters weren't interesting enough to care about and I couldn't seem to care enough to find out what happened in the end. Maybe it's me or I wasn't in the right mood for a slow burn movie. Maybe you'll have better luck.

'The Wanting Mare' is a slow, seemingly dull movie with no apparent story and no characters, at least not in the traditional sense. It is very pleasing to the eye though. It's less of a movie and more of an art piece rendered in cinematic format that tries to capture the concept of dream. It has more in common with a static piece of art, like a sculpture or a painting, than with anything that has a narrative. Bare that in mind when you sit down to watch it, and you won't regret the experience.