Decasia
Other Cinema Digital (OCD) | Release Date: March 19, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
2
Negative:
1
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90
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
A fierce dance of destruction. Its flame-like, roiling black-and-white inspires trembling and gratitude. Read full review
80
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
A fantastic symphony of decay (Decay + Fantasia = Decasia), simultaneously heartbreakingly beautiful and exquisitely sad, pieced together from snippets of old films on the verge of oblivion. Read full review
80
The New York TimesAnita Gates
Nothing more -- and nothing less -- than a collage of decaying, decomposing nitrate film stock...The unexpected thing is that its dying, in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia, is quite beautiful. Read full review
60
VarietyDennis Harvey
Lacking any obvious thematic or emotional arc, compilation pic succeeds as a pure exercise in visual stimulus, its narcotic effect much amplified by Michael Gordon's thunderous, dissonant orchestral score. Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
The film asks us to embrace not only the death of beauty but the beauty of death. Read full review
10
Film ThreatChris Gore
I'm sure the filmmaker would disagree, but, honestly, I don't see the point. It's a visual Rorschach test and I must have failed. Read full review
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