The Hole
Two souls in unendurable conditions of life, glimpsing each other’s reality, waste, and despair—constructing a fantasy to live for. Makes the essential point that life is sustained by illusion, and love is formed through transgression, acceptance, then transcendence.
The lighting in this film holds so much charge: the glow of the refrigerator an innervating force, the rain a forcefield of reflection. Many shots also underscore the synthesis of self and surroundings in isolated domestic life: a pile of nail clippings beside a crumbled floor, a leak from above while using the toilet; the rate of decay between interior and exterior equalled.
The lighting in this film holds so much charge: the glow of the refrigerator an innervating force, the rain a forcefield of reflection. Many shots also underscore the synthesis of self and surroundings in isolated domestic life: a pile of nail clippings beside a crumbled floor, a leak from above while using the toilet; the rate of decay between interior and exterior equalled.
Mini Review: Two souls in unendurable conditions of life, glimpsing each other’s reality, waste, and despair—constructing a fantasy to live for. Makes the essential point that life is sustained by illusion, and love is formed through transgression, acceptance, then transcendence. The lighting in this film holds so much charge: the glow of the refrigerator an innervating force, the rain a forcefield of reflection. Many shots also underscore the synthesis of self and surroundings in isolated domestic life:
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