Some futuristic world: Two escapees from a science lab, a nurse and a patient,
team up with a martial arts-wise vagabond, and after having shaken their
pursuers, they enjoy free life to the fullest, always watched over by a
blue-skinned being - until jealousy sets in, and ultimately, the vagabond
leaves the others to travel the world with an androgynous weirdo.
Eventually though, the nurse wants the vagabond back because her partner
has gone mad - which breaks the weirdo's heart, because under all the silly
costumes, she's all woman ... and ultimately she is killed in the final
battle, a battle that destroys the utopia everyone involved could have
built, but might give them a chance to build a new utopia on the ruins of
the old one. Neovoxer was a work-in-progress from 1997
to 2004, and segments of the film were screened during performances all
over these years, performances that also involved live music, art
installations and bodypainting (which is also heavily featured in the
film), and likewise, the film once finished was also most often shown as
part of a performance event, giving it an additional dimension. ... and
an additional dimension might be what the film as such really needs,
because as it is, it's a little on the shallow side. Don't get me wrong, Neovoxer
is beautifully filmed, that's for sure, featuring many impressive images,
and despite the long production period and the wide variety of film and
video material the movie was shot on, it looks remarkably homogenous.
However, the lack of dialogue and on-screen sounds in favour of a
continuous music soundtrack, images set to the beat and several dance
performances soon make it look like a feature-length (and therefore
overlong) music video, and its simplistic story and naive use of symbols
are only adding to this impression. So yes, you might want to see this
one live as part of some performance event, but to watch it at home on your TV or computer is really not
worth the time and effort.
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