Review of Genesis

Genesis is a beautiful and poetic short-film that deserves to be seen, despite the atrocity that was Aftermath. (Same director, often available together with Genesis in DVD form.) Whereas Aftermath merely poses as Art, Genesis is worthy of the title. This is a noble, macabre cinematic effort with a mind and soul. Genesis is one part House of Wax, one part love story, one part spiritual contemplation and one part commentary on the very nature of art and the relationship between creator and creation. All together it truly engages without speaking a word. The absence of dialogue works well here, and in fact after only a few minutes we realize that it would actually be an intrusion. Genesis is somewhat experimental, I suppose, but it never feels that way, so deftly does the director tell his story though expert camera-language and music. If you are looking for something different, something soulful, something fantastical and disturbing, Genesis does all of this in thirty short minutes.