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Homo Sapiens

2016

Nikolaus Geyrhalter

Documentary

6.5

140

Documentary "Homo Sapiens" is a film about the finiteness and fragility of human existence and the end of the industrial age, and what it means to be a human being. What will remain of our lives after we’re gone? Empty spaces, ruins, cities increasingly overgrown with vegetation, crumbling asphalt: the areas we currently inhabit, though humanity has disappeared. Now abandoned and decaying, gradually reclaimed by nature after being taken from it so ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Glenn Kenny The New York Times	"In a way, the images are reminiscent of (...) Andrei Tarkovsky and Bela Tarr (...) Each individual shot creates a frisson of desolation that resonates far beyond the facile irony suggested by the movie’s title."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"As gripping as any sci-fi thriller (...) For its sheer visual exaltation, this is the most extraordinary documentary I have seen in years (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter	"A compelling modern study of man vs. nature (...) 'Homo Sapiens' manages to find much beauty in the sight of destruction, with each image a skillfully lit and framed composition"	POS
United States	Ignatiy Vishnevetsky AV Club	"[Geyrhalter uses] vivid sound design and his own eye for striking static compositions to create haunting tableaux."	POS
United States	James Lattimer Slant	"A real yet illusory world is evoked so seamlessly that it also feels just one step away from pure cinematic fiction (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS

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