I Walk ( Jeg går )

I Walk (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Jeg går
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Denmark ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
79 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2019 and produced in:
Denmark ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Jørgen Leth

Written By:
Asger Leth

Actors:
Jørgen Leth

Synopsis:

After massive earthquakes struck Haiti in 2010, Leth, who had been residing in the country for long periods of time, was confronted with his own mortality. He hasn't been able to walk normally ever since. Finding it difficult to accept, he decides to somehow find coherence in this process. His feet, his legs, his hearing: nothing works the way it used to. 'I have to remind myself to lift my feet when I walk,' Leth mockingly tells himself. The tension lies in the fact that his mind still has plenty of creative drive: a drive he has been able to keep up with during his career, but he is now being held back by his physical condition. It lays bare his ego, as he is not able to present himself to the outside world as he would like to. Ultimately, it leads him into a maze of fascination with himself, spiralling into an internal conflict that takes shape as a mashup of images, memories and quotes encompassing the past and the present. We feverishly speed through images of his work as a sports commentator, his time in Haiti and his latest undertaking: an art project in the jungles of Laos. They are sequences in which it's difficult for the viewer to keep a grip on proceedings, ultimately allowing them to relate to how Leth feels as the protagonist in his own story. The director's experimental approach in I Walk undoubtedly fits in with his oeuvre, as it is characterised by very subjective examinations of life, resembling earlier works such as The Perfect Human, for example. I Walk is the quintessence of his personal style of filmmaking, as he documents everything he is going through using his iPhone. He is in search of the meaning behind his experiences and therefore has to film everything. It could all potentially be relevant and so has to be thoroughly examined. The imagery Leth uses to reflect the chaos he finds himself in is the jungle. There is no order or obvious definition to be seen. This formal approach takes shape in the story, as he, in an effort to get a grip, hires a group of Laotian carpenters to help him. Together, they create a frame in which to place 'his' piece of jungle in order to control it - a bright-red, wooden square that they mount in the canopy. All the while, it feels like an absurd undertaking, lacking a raison d'être. And as if replying to our thoughts, Leth starts to exclaim that he now sees why it is there - he sees the frame, though he is probably talking about the frame of his own life. A top shot shows the treetops, encompassing a diverse world of organisms, a system in itself. And indeed, a few of these are framed by his red square, in a final attempt to restrain the chaos. Letting go is the only way, it seems.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 11 April, 2021.

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