The New Weird
by Travis Jeppesen on February 19, 2021
Is it that filmmakers have become so averse to cliché and universalism that they’re willing to jeopardize not only quality but comprehension in their pursuit of novelty and particularity? In fact, such exploits cohere remarkably well with the new world disorder—nothing really makes sense anymore, every day unspools a new web of absurdities. Rather than discard that material on the cutting room floor, why not make it the final cut?
On the 50th International Film Festival Rotterdam, at Artforum.
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