Saturday was without a doubt a day of contrast, theme-wise.
Werner Herzog’s Wild Blue Yonder offered yet another experiment from the German master, mixing documentarial footage and science in this humorous fiction about the exploration of space and underwater universes. Slow-paced and contemplative, the film featured moments of great beauty—mostly the underwater sequences—but bordered on boredom while in outer space.
Advancing at a similar pace, Before Born, an enigmatic Chinese entry with a European feel, proved to be haunting at first, but dragged toward the end.
However, Darkon, a documentary about nerds playing medieval role games, was a sure treat, offering an amusing inside look at this group of social freaks without being condescending – some protagonists were there for the Q&A afterwards.
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