The Sound of Insects

Name: The Sound of Insects
Genre: Documentary
Released: December 22, 2010
Duration: 87 min

2010

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Lorber Films | Release Date: December 22, 2010

Summary: In a remote wintry forest, a hunter discovers the mummified corpse of a 40-year-old man. A diary is found near the body, detailing the man’s everyday thoughts as he commits suicide through self-imposed starvation. Based on an incredible true story, and adapted from the novella “Until I am a Mummy“ by Shimada Masahiko, Peter Liecthi’s THEIn a remote wintry forest, a hunter discovers the mummified corpse of a 40-year-old man. A diary is found near the body, detailing the man’s everyday thoughts as he commits suicide through self-imposed starvation. Based on an incredible true story, and adapted from the novella “Until I am a Mummy“ by Shimada Masahiko, Peter Liecthi’s THE SOUND OF INSECTS is a stunning investigation into the mystery of the man’s enigmatic self-destructive motivations. Taking on his point-of-view, the film presents the notebook entries as stream-of-consciousness musings on the world around him as his body dissipates, an attempt to piece together the causes of his disillusionment. With luminous cinematography of the vaulting trees that surround his tented tomb, and of hallucinated memories of the cities and people he left behind, THE SOUND OF INSECTS is a hypnotic and transcendent meditation on how the renunciation of life paradoxically reveals its beauty.(Lorber Films)… Expand

Director: Peter Liechti

Genre(s): Documentary

Runtime: 87 min

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Andrew Schenker

Dec 23, 2010

Without additional context surrounding its subject's life, sharing the man's final excruciating moments eventually devolves into an exercise in morbidity, an experience considerably more ponderous than profound. Read full review

Rachel Saltz

Dec 22, 2010

Mr. Liechti clearly finds value and even a measure of spiritual grace in this man's radical renunciation of life. You'll be pardoned for finding it numbing. Read full review

Boxoffice Magazine John P. McCarthy

Dec 24, 2010

The profundity to tedium ratio is around 1 to 3. Not bad for a micro-release slated to screen seven times in a museum (NY's Rubin Museum of Art) but it's a film more interesting in theory than reality. Read full review

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Jan 30, 2011

Saw The sound of insects in Cannes 2009. This film is a introspective mockumentary based loosely on a true story. It is a work of art more than a movie in a linear, traditional sense. Its plot is morality, decision making and the passing of time. Must watch if you enjoy stepping out +Saw The sound of insects in Cannes 2009. This film is a introspective mockumentary based loosely on a true story. It is a work of art more than a movie in a linear, traditional sense. Its plot is morality, decision making and the passing of time. Must watch if you enjoy stepping out + watching far from the mainstream. @cinemaquote… Expand

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