We Are the Flesh

We Are the Flesh (Tenemos la carne). Emiliano Rocha Minter, 2016.

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Edition screened: Arrow Blu-ray, released 2017. Spanish language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 89 minutes.

Summary: No depictions of violence or harm to animals. 3/5❤

We Are the Flesh is an intelligent and visually shocking film with evident roots in performance art and environmental art. Press comparisons to Lynch and Jodorowsky prepared me to watch something that must deviate slightly from a Spiderman movie. But the smart ideas and compelling lead performance got and held my attention.

The Arrow release also includes two enjoyable short films by Minter that expose some formative ideas articulated more fully in the feature film, Inside (2012) and Videohome (2014).