My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

My Son, MySon, What Have Ye Done (Werner Herzog - 2009) 

Most of the time the film has a “moderate weirdness” that doesn’t disconnects the narrative to much from reality, but from time to time there is overly arty elements that seems “inserted”. The story behind it all is to shallow and simple to generate any lasting interest, as we follow a semi-young man’s journey into madness leading up to the slaying his controlling mother.

There are some good scenes brooding with inner unrest reminiscent of the tone of the superior “The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans” (2009) that makes this and interesting experience. Particularly the long takes depicting the villa with cactuses and flamingos in the garden has a “postcard gone bad”-quality. 

Viewed on a Scandinavian Blu-ray release.