Alice Krige, Daniel Smith, Gottfried John
From the directing team of identical twin brothers Timothy Quay and Stephen Quay, Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life focuses on the experiences of Jakob Von Gunten (Mark Rylanc...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 1, 2000
Stats: 65 reviews
dont think i can write a better review than what i already read down here.. just one of the most poetic movie I ve seen in my life. Quay brothers at their highest and one of the best black and white movie photography ever.. and yes you ll laugh every time you see alice krige in a...( read more)
Impressive photography, a beautiful blurred black and white, imagery, dreams and onirism... Typically a Quay Bros. trademark.
"Sometimes more life lies hidden in the opening of a door than in a question. Past & future circle about. Now we know more, now we know less." Strangely hypnotic, erotic, masochistic. Beautiful imagery, dark humor. Very Kafka, very Lynch-esque. "Please sniff..."
This game we call the human life, as incest - there is something primal in the symbology of this work, and yet the obsessive-compulsive madness of Quayesque rigor renders it wooden and insipid, repetitive - it is in this repetition that the actors in this human drama find their s...( read more)
Sepia-toned tale of masochism ina creepy school for servants. A must-see.
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