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简介:Thedanceoflifeanddeath,withhumanityenteringthefray.Anartist,azoologist,anaturescholar,andasheepfarmerworkingintheITsector,whoalsohappenstobeanastronomyenthusiast,allviewthedemiseofbiologicalbodiesdifferently.Forestcarrion,larvaeundertombstones,sheepinthebarn,layersoffeathersandbones,andshimmeringgreenfliesondecayingflesh–amidstallthisisahumantryingtounderstandtheirplaceincosmology.Inthisgrandtapestryoftransformation,whatisthehumanspecies:partofacycleormoreakintosuperhuman?  LatviannewGothiconthe(un)avoidabilityofdeathandendings.Maskalāns(cinematographerofthegrotesqueDreamland(2004)whichwasnominatedforthebestdocumentaryattheEuropeanFilmAwards)isoneofthemostdistinguishednaturedocumentariansandobserversintheBaltics,andinhislatestworkprovokestheviewerbothwithhisimageryandexistentialandethicalquestions.Inthissensoryandcarnalmetamorphosisdetectivestorytheviewerseesthepartoflifethatislessvisibleoracknowledged,oritgetsretouched–death,whichoccasionallyopensupararecinematicexperienceoutsidethecomfortzone.Withendingsandnature’s“redintoothandclaw”nothingcomestoanend–andthatisexactlywherethisfilmbegins.…