https://staging2.theplaylist.net/watch-2010-carlos-reygadas-short-this-is-my-kingdom-20130208/ Sun, 22 May 2016 03:19:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://staging2.theplaylist.net/watch-2010-carlos-reygadas-short-this-is-my-kingdom-20130208/#comment-111913 Sun, 22 May 2016 03:19:05 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/watch-2010-carlos-reygadas-short-this-is-my-kingdom-249340/#comment-111913 Thanks so much for sharing Reygadas’ short. Master of deadpan facetiousness (especially when representing the abyss between the have and have not), Reygadas creates films that are visually luscious and profound post-modern reflections of national identity (Battle in Heaven). The bits of conversations throughout the short, especially those of upper-middle class characters, are very sardonic on the director’s part, in a way opening the door for the violence that explodes later. The revolution is destructive indeed for those playing with their cell phones and getting over the jetlag after returning from European trips, but for the have nots, there is nothing to lose. The short made me think of Gael García Bernal’s Déficit (2007), also shot in the small city of Tepoztlán (where many from the upper crust of Mexico City escape to relax on weekends).

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