Genesis

This movie starts off with home movies of a guy and his family. It is hard to work out what happens afterward, but after about 2/3rds of the movie you begin to realise what is going on. Unlike Aftermath, this one contains no necrophilia which may or may not be a disappointment to some viewers. This one is very hard to follow, but strangely compelling where the guy sacrifices himself for the one he loves, in a less than voluntary way.

If you have seen Cerda's film "Aftermath" you are sure to like this one. While I thoroughly can enjoy a good gore film, an actual story, good acting and artistic expression is a plus. "Genesis" Is all that. A hauntingly beautiful film in which a man creates a sculpture in the image of his dead wife. It's about mourning and how far people are willing to go for the ones they love. Even when the man notices what is happening he still keeps trying to finish the sculpture with all his might.

After experiencing Aftermath I sat down to watch this thinking I was in for another gross out horror-fest, but how wrong I was. Genesis couldn't be further away from the full on gore of Aftermath if it tried. Its just beautiful, simply beautiful. The use of Classical music (which Im not even a fan of) ebbs in and out like waves on a shore, and there's a point about half way through where some light choral music rises in the background almost bringing you to tears. I will watch this again for sure, and Im so pleased to have it in my collection. In a way Im glad this director returned with something to show hes not just a one trick pony trying to sicken people with controversial horror. Genesis surely is a recommended short for anyone into dark cinema or not.

Heading into Genesis I was aware of one thing: it's only 30 minutes long. Beyond this, I was totally clueless to what would follow. What did follow was one of the best short-films I've ever seen. Check that....movies I've ever seen.

Genesis is the story of a man who from unknown reasons lost his wife. Since losing his wife, he's spent countless hours crafting sculptures of his dearly departed. He's now finishing up on another sculpture and this time, he's truly completed his best work to date. He knows it's his best work, and so does the movie-goer. While putting finishing touches on his masterpiece, he notices a red drip come from out of the shoulder of his statue. Inquisitively he studies it for a little bit and decides to get some rest. A scene later you see him sitting in his bed and his nose begins to bleed, he rushes to the sink to clean up, but what you see in the sink, isn't blood anymore, but residue of some type of ashy clay. From this moment on you're taken on a eerily beautiful trip through, love, dedication and death. It's not just these three feeling/aspects the viewer experiences, these are just the ones I related to most. The movie captures many wonderful and sad things pertaining to life and death.

The movie is shot in a gorgeous way; the camera-movement is slow and the camera shots are crisp and graphic. There is zero dialog, but the film thrives with just one silent, talented actor. And I can't forget about the music, it's absolutely perfect, it fits the cinematography 100%. Genesis I believe is more fantasy than horror, but it held my attention firmly as would a horror movie. Simply and flat-out it's one of my favorite movies. 10 outta 10.

Originally, i was going to give this movie a 3, and then i realized the depth of this movie. It's trying to present. Grief at its finest. It's a movie about a man that is making a sculpture of his own wife, that passed away in a car crash. Well, he puts so much love, and effort into the statue, that he begins to transform into a statue himself, and the sculpture of his wife begins being alive. It's really hard to put the finger on it, but it's a really beautiful movie, that you might not get at watching it first time, i did not get it either. Pretty much you love somebody so much, and grief their death, that you would do anything, to the point of sacrificing your own life, for that person to be alive again, well and happy, whatever the death of cause may be, in this case, because he is responsible in a way for her death, but anyway i think he'd do the same, if he was not responsible. It's a movie that is trying to show how our most closest ones, our loved ones, that we would do anything to bring them back from the dead. Seeing the sculpture form into a human, was probably the most interesting and unique idea to think of. It's a very bizarre idea, that works very well.