The Nine Muses (2011)
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A fragmented but highly engrossing cinepoem on the related subjects of migration and exile, isolation and memory.
Themes don't develop so much as they endlessly repeat, nor do they gain much through extended duration. It fails to engage either the intellect or the senses.
The result is not without beauty, though at a certain point, one begins to notice that each new muse rather resembles the previous, a uniformity that restrains the film from true symphonic swell.
Nine Muses is clearly the work of a talented filmmaker, and there are many moments to beguile the ears as well as the eyes. Yet it's a long slog through a few thousand years of myth and history, and most viewers are likely to grow impatient.
A handsome, restful, thought-provoking film.
It's as if Akomfrah is trying to make mythological connections and undo or deny them at the same time - an alienating and misguided strategy.
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