It's day 24 and I
bring you a bit of science fiction with Franck Vestiel's 2007 film Eden Log.
A man wakes up deep
inside a cave. Suffering amnesia, he has no recollection of how he came to be
here or of what happened to the man whose body he finds beside him. Tailed by a
mysterious creature, he must continue through this strange and fantastic world.
Enclosed, Tolbiac has no other option to reach the surface than to use REZO
ZERO, secret observing cells in this cemetery-like abandoned mine. He embarks
upon this journey guided by the roots of a plant, leading the way and the main
subject of attention of the REZO. - IMDB
The film was Franck
Vestiel's first as a director. Eden Log uses a muted palette. The film
is shot with only hand-held cameras in underground locations 60 feet (18 m)
below the surface, as well as in a sewer. A gray and blue multilevel set is
used in Eden Log, which, according to Vestiel, was designed to "avoid the
look of the usual science fiction future [...] The last thing I wanted was for
Eden Log to fall into the trap of those science fiction films where the characters
live in super-sterile, bathroom-like environments. [...] And I did not want
people to be able to date the film by identifying the technology, which is why
I have no apparatuses, no dials, no buttons." The surrealistic landscapes
of Eden Log were inspired by Vestiel's favorite films, such as Escape From
New York and Dawn of the Dead, and comics and literature, such as
Frank Miller's Daredevil and Métal Hurlant.
Without giving away
too much I will say that the story it self is a sort of a re-invisioning of
Genesis and the Resurrection. It's visually beautiful and dirty. It's a film
that will force you to think. Throughout the film I felt influences from films
such as Shin'ya Tsukamoto's Tetsuo, the Iron man... and E. Elias
Merhige's Begotten. These were always pictures that forced the veiwer to
think and disect what was happening before their eyes.
Hopefully you all
enjoy as much as I did.
IMDB Page: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1087842/
Franck Vestiel IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0895367/
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