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| The whole mystery and allure to this woman who's in paintings of several artists appearing in their dreams was ...interesting, until it lead to nothing... which was disappointing, since it lacks any clear meaning. One man obsessed to find her since his grandfather tattoo'd her onto his back, yearning for her so much to the point of using others to lead them there and attempt to kill them to be alone with her, believing he's somehow worthy of being her partner or whatever- until he meets her, dies as she literally comes out through him, meets the protagonist who drew her ...and rejects him with "You... not you." ... What the fuck. So, in the end there's no point in the end, since the drawings don't even give a hint to what she wants which makes the story feel meaningless without that answer that could have been at least easier to hypothesize, but there's no indication of that. 4/10. |
| Well, well, I've also seen all of Munch's Madonnas. The drawing is good, the plot is too outdated. It looks like an illustrated story from the 30s or manga one-shot from the 70s. |
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| The plot was kind of cliché but still I liked the ending |
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| So...why in the first place? That art's good though. |
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| An otherworldly being uses artists across the ages in a bid to be created/incarnated. As we move towards the end the plot gets progressively more symbolic and the diabetic reality is de-emphasized as we step into the supernatural. So I believe we are meant to read the whole thing as a metaphor primarily.
And the story tries to tell us something about their relationship or the nature of art or something to that effect. Sadly as everything gets a bit obtuse I can not quite discern a concrete message.
The symbolism and mysticism prevents the story from wrapping cleanly. Not quite on the nose enough for me to construct something definitive in the last pages. I don't like the "You... not you." line in particular. It is very muddy and indecisive and uses ellipsis like teenage poetry in a very crucial moment, just begging us to substitute our own material in the unspoken... 6/10 or 7/10 It placed the game pieces quite well and clean and I appreciate that (7), but then botches the message delivery (6). Very art, much deep. |
Dizzy-sanOct 25, 9:27 AM
| it was quite intriguing but it left me unsatisfied. The ending felt too abrupt. |
| I'll take a potato chip... AND EAT IT |