A loose adaptation of German writer and revolutionary Georg Büchner's novella of the same name, which in turn chronicles the life of writer Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751-92) and his gradual slide into insanity.
Direction
Rockwell's debut shot on leftover 16mm—pure desperate vision.
Acting
Rockwell plays Lenz like he's actually losing his grip.
Cinematography
Grainy black-and-white that breathes anxiety into every frame.
Director
Alexandre Rockwell
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