Circe

Barcode: 58944742 Call Number: L-RS307 Material Type: Video -VHS Time: 90 min. Date: 1963 Language: Spanish Creator: Manuel Antin Description: This Argentine classic, an adaptation of a short story by Julio Cortázar by venerated director Manuel Antin, is a dark and foreboding vision of love and death, realized using revolutionary cinematic techniques. The plot centers on Delia, a woman haunted by many demons, and of three men doomed to love her. One threw himself in the river. Another had a sudden heart attack. When Mario falls in love with her, he must ignore the whispering of the neighbors and the suspicions of his parents. Entering Delia’s dark and labyrinthine house, he also enters her baroque inner world, which is pervaded by her sense of guilt, repressed sexuality, and lingering feeling for her dead lovers. In the shadows of the house, someone is eavesdropping. Is it her parents? The suspicious neighbors? Or is it the ghosts of the dead men themselves? Antin narrates their story using the experimental techniques of the French New Wave, with elaborate use of light and shadow and placement of mirrors to capture the claustrophobia of Delia’s mind. Using multiple cuts, he simultaneously reveals the past and the present. Through his technical genius and sense of psychology, Antin brings the viewer into the twisted and disorienting space of a tangled relationship haunted by the past. Collection: Language Resource Center