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The poetics of destruction: "I grieve upon the shattered earth"
A grim and gloomy Chinese documentary
BEHEMOTH is a grim and grimy Chinese documentary looking at the impoverished lives of workers in a mine and steel factory in the north of the country. It feels very much like a real-life GERMINAL, full of depressing visuals of a broken and run-down landscape. The depiction of human life at its most base is heartbreaking at times. Intellectually, I wished this documentary had more narration - the only spoken words are poetry - to give context to go along with the visuals, but those visuals are powerful enough to stand on their own.




