In the Aftermath

Tripped over this movie on late night TV after a hard shift at work. Caught it just after the intro credits and wondered what it was about. The anime caught me off guard as I had gone to get a coffee and sandwich and thought the film had ended and was surprised to find it hadn't. The music caught my attention more than anything else. There is a classic piece played on the piano by one of the main characters which I have since discovered was not written for the movie as I had first thought. I'd like to track this piece down as it kept me watching the movie to the end. Some of the anime scenes have a haunting imagery to them which the music again complements well.

OK, so its been ages since i caught this on in the early hours of the morning...but i did see it twice, both by catching those early am viewings.

And...OK, its not amazing. But as post apocalyptic art films go...I really like this one. A man in a gas mask, playing the piano, to the woman he loves who is inside the room with the only air they can breathe unaided.

cut in with bits of Oshiis anime.

Its actually really good. Power rangers with brains and heart I guess. But, just because its got lumps of another film in there, really doesn't make it bad, and I'd love to see it again.

As films go this is was just tolerable, I didn't feel like i had wasted time that i'd never get back, however If your expecting to see great acting and expensive sets you'll be disappointed,this is a low budget film, good idea but a poor execution due to budget constraints.the only outstanding part of the film is a piece of music in it called carnavalito tango, the day after it was on TV i met some friends for a drink, some of them are real knuckle dragging neanderthals, the first topic of conversation was about the film and that piece of music which i have been searching for for quite some time, my only reason for wanting to see the film again would be just to record that track

I watched this film firstly when I was 4 or 5 years old. I didn't really know what I was watching in the early 90s. I just remember that half was animated and half was a horrible barren wasteland with not many people and a man playing piano wearing a gas mask. The song played by the man wearing a gas mask whilst the woman watches is called Veni Gabriel by Horacio Moscovici who was by chance in Buenos Aires, whilst playing at a bar, approached by the director who happened to be there. He was asked to write the score to the movie. This was in 1986 or so. Since google existing, I looked up this movie and watched again and how it bares a resemblance to what happens to day. I just got off the phone to Horacio Moscovici now where he is in Argentina. I have been playing piano for 25 years or slightly more now.

It is strange how a movie can be made but as time passes have a little more meaning than it did before. Sometimes humanity isnt ready for movies made yet. Sure the movie is low budget but then again so are a lot of the best theatre performances. Sometimes you have to put aside the fact that there isnt complicated CGI sequences like Lord of the Rings or the pyrotechnics of Saving Private Ryan and see a movie for what it is.

Look up Del Nido al Vuelo - Horacio Moscovi - the whole album is brilliant stuff and piano that is not your usual Bach or Beethoven.

An unnamed time, an unnamed place, probably Australia given the accents. The earth is dying from a poisoned atmosphere, in this post-apocalyptic live action / anime /art house crossover. The remains of humanity scour the surface in search of hope, until one of them is found by an angel.

It's bizarre, the animated sequences are nicely designed, but suffers from a lack of frames. The live-action is well done for low-budget stuff, and the integration is pretty minimal, but the whole sort-of works.