This Argentinean tale, which revolves around a group of families passing summer vacation in a rural country house, does not rely on a concrete plotline, but rather roves, rambles, and stumbles upon each new event. The most notable characteristic of LA CIENAGA is its mood--a brooding, dreadful, fearsome tension that does not wain or cease even in the very last moment of the film. No event, no action, no exchange of words, no scene of the movie is more or less important than another. Instead, the film continues nonsequentially in what feels like a prolonged wait.Using gorgeous, realistic photography--of green mountains against a grayish humid sky, of the bright colors of summer swimsuits and shorts stained with blood or mud, of the simultaneously beautiful and disgusting human body--Lucrecia Martel's oeuvre is about strings of images and the suggestion of potential meanings. Never, however, does the director step over the line and reveal too much to her viewers. As characters come and go from the film's focus, maintaining a chilly distance from the viewer, LA CIENAGA unfurls slowly, languorously, and without closure.This film screened in September 2001 as part of the 39th New York Film Festival, organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York City.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseWidescreen - 1.85Audio: Stereo - SpanishAdditional Release Material: Bonus Feature/Short - 1. REY MUERTO - Lucrecia Martel Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical TrailerText/Photo Galleries: Liner Notes By Film Professor, Critic And Cultural Commentator B. Ruby Rich Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.