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A Darkness Swallowed
8.0 / 10• 2006• 1h 18m•NR• xx
DramaMusicDocumentary
Storyline
“A Darkness Swallowed opens on a pair of faded photographs showing an old dented car, one with a child standing beside it and the other without. Speaking in voice-over, Bromberg references a past event, one that will forever haunt her although it occurred before her birth. The film then sinks downward, dipping below the surface of the rational world to mine the seemingly infinite layers of the past stored within the fleshy entrails, chalky bones, sinewy spider webs and gnarled ligaments of both the body and the Earth. Noises – of clanging metal, bells, heartbeats and jazz music, to name only a few – combine to create a dense sound environment, a seemingly immense, three-dimensional space for contemplation." – Holly Willis, L.A . Weekly
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Betzy Bromberg's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. A Darkness Swallowed is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
