
RES CREATA - Humans and other animals
2020

Representation Score
Good
2018
Director
Emma Davie, Peter Mettler
Runtime
78 minutes
Average Rating
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Becoming Animal serves as a radical rethinking of human identity, replacing traditional anthropocentric hierarchies with a fluid, interconnected model of existence. Its strength lies in its philosophical structure, which challenges Western institutional dominance. By focusing on sensory perception and ecology, it moves beyond typical social drama clichés. However, it lacks explicit markers of identity politics and avoids conventional casting and character-driven arcs, limiting specific representation for race, gender, and LGBTQ+ identities.
Category Breakdown
While the film doesn't explicitly include queer identities or romantic arcs, it rejects traditional heterosexual norms and disrupts typical societal structures.
The film focuses on shared biological experiences rather than traditional masculine roles, avoiding conventional gender stereotypes by emphasizing consciousness and sensory perception.
As an audiovisual essay on ecology, the film lacks a central human cast and thus avoids racial categorization. However, the absence of diverse human ability to act limits its score.
The film challenges the separation between civilization and nature through David Abram's philosophy. It promotes an ecological spirituality that critiques Western industrial capitalism and anthropocentric views.
The film emphasizes sensory immersion, offering a neurodivergent-friendly storytelling method. Although no specific characters with disabilities are shown, the structure invites a non-traditional experience of reality.
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Official Synopsis
A palpably rendered audiovisual essay draws together the distinct sensibilities of filmmakers Peter Mettler (The End of Time) and Emma Davie (I am Breathing) and philosopher David Abram (The Spell of the Sensuous) to forge a path into the places where humans and animals meet.

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