A Darkness Swallowed

A Darkness Swallowed opens on a pair of faded photographs showing an old dented car one with a child standing beside it and the other without Speaking in voiceover Bromberg references a past event one that will forever haunt her although it occurred before her birth The film then sinks downward dipping below the surface of the rational world to mine the seemingly infinite layers of the past stored within the fleshy entrails chalky bones sinewy spider webs and gnarled ligaments of both the body and the Earth Noises of clanging metal bells heartbeats and jazz music to name only a few combine to create a dense sound environment a seemingly immense threedimensional space for contemplation Holly Willis LA Weekly