This is dreamy, homesick and artificial cinema and in all the nudity and horror Rollin set up, he's enormously melancholic and sentimental. The plot here (a landscape image evoke memories for our protagonist) is a great springboard for the director's fascinacion and preoccupation with the languorously occult, naked woman and (very stilted) philisophical dialogue. The first 30 minutes are fantastic - Rollin on top of his game - the rest is fascinating if not always beautiful and great.