A Cut Finger At KitaShinjuku

A room in a shabby flat in KitaShinjuku The artist who lives there faces the camera and gives a solo performance He photographs his own face He takes a picture of his own face or of his fingers cut by a knife He looks out of the window and keeps staring at the player abandoned in the corner of the building He fills a 15litre bottle of Coke with water and tries to drink it all at once The artist doesnt say a word and the darkroom becomes an eerie space isolated and lost in time filled only with the sound of the camera driving The final scene in which we witness the senseless almost insane act of a man who repeatedly tries to chug a bottle and finally finishes 15 litres is a chilling experience This is a personal film that shows the essence of fear that lurks in our everyday lives through the artists strong will and painful acting