I’ve seen movies that I don’t immediately understand, movies that don’t make much sense, flat out horrible movies, and now I’ve experienced my first what the f*ck movie. It is harmlessly titled City World.
The synopsis given to me prior to watching is as follows:
“CITY WORLD is a landscape narrative/documentary hybrid in which humanless footage of Orlando is coupled with the fantastical yet forlorn narration of an unseen boy. His story weaves a collection of historical facts, myths, and modern day tourist attractions into an adventure based on his own imagination and memory.”
This definitely piqued my interest as I happen to enjoy documentaries but I soon would learn just how broad of a genre ‘documentary’ truly is. The following is the second part of the information about the movie I received prior to watching it
“Shot exclusively in and around Orlando, from the swamps to the suburbs, CITY WORLD presents an incredible portrait of the complex visual identity of Central Florida. The film, much like the landscape, is a hybrid of the natural and the man-made elements we encounter every day in Orlando.”
That made it seem even more interesting. I’d only seen a few examples of this type of humanless and, for lack of a better word, artsy type film before. The fact that it was all shot in one area gave it an interesting twist in my mind.
So I took the plunge and an hour later after the movie was over I had no idea what the fuck I had just watched. Now maybe I’m just not smart enough or didn’t understand it in which case please comment below and explain it to me.
There is an old adage used by many to describe something so boring it’s like watching paint dry. Well this is more like watching a sprinkler hit the side of a house for 10 minutes boring. The narration doesn’t really make sense to me either and I tried to make it work; I tried harder than a night walker that owes money to her pimp tries.
Brent Chesanek is the director and his only other movie listed on IMDB is a short titled Brethren Arise and judging from its IMDB description seems to be along the same line as City World. So there is apparently a theme here.
Anyway, I highly recommend you check out City World, as it is the only movie I’ve ever watched in which I felt like I was watching it the wrong way. I know that sounds silly but hopefully if you decide to check it out and you don’t get that feeling you can explain it to me.
Rating: WTF? (1/10)
Here is the trailer to give you an idea of what I mean
CITY WORLD Trailer from AUXERRINE on Vimeo.
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