#nether world

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Three small images in Jule 2024

Небо, Земля и Нижний мир

Галерея авторских работ художника Сухарева Максима на тему славянской мифологии.

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- I wish there were red dragons in the nether world 

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[ratemysheppard]

59) Nether World

Title- Nether World

Year- 1997

Character- California

Synopsis- Two hit men bide their time waiting for their mark, in a tense and claustrophobic film noir.

Medium- I was lucky enough to get in touch with the director who was kind enough to give me a private link so that I could watch the film in order to review it - unfortunately, I’m not able to share that link publicly, sorry guys.

Entirety or episode?- Entirety

Warning: this review contains serious plot spoilers!

Overall verdict- I spent a long time trying to track this one down, and in the end I was lucky enough to get in touch with Anders Dalgaard, who not only wrote the screenplay but also directed and edited the film, and made it possible for me to watch the film. In my research I read that the production was completed, with a tiny production team and cast, in a limited set, on a micro-budget of only around £20,000. This makes what was achieved with this film - which was Dalgaard’s debut feature-length piece - all the more impressive to me.

I’ve read mixed reviews on this film: some accusing it of pop philosophy and naïve stylings, others comparing it to Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Godot’. A clear parallel for me with Beckett is that Nether World is ambiguous, cyclical and often confusing but absolutely invites interpretation.

On my first watch through, I wasn’t entirely sure what was happening, but the whole thing looked beautiful to me. It’s full of gritty, black and white gumshoe-noir shots, and saturated, dreamlike flashbacks/flashforwards packed with intriguing symbolism reminiscent of Twin Peaks. The story and its imagery played on my mind until I watched it for a second time and started to unpick some of the themes, and unravel what I interpreted from the plot.

On one level, this is a thriller about two ‘Agents’ (assassins) from ‘the Company’ who are paired up to perform a hit together. At first, it seems like they have little in common. Old Timer (William Morgan Sheppard) is brash, cynical and jaded, whilst California (Mark Sheppard) is an idealistic young soldier, only in it for the money to support his pregnant wife. However, as time passes it becomes clear that they have a lot more in common than it first appears – literally: a shared past/future; a shared existence.

The majority of the action takes place in a literal nether-world – the liminal, chthonic space of an underground parking lot in the height of a stifling heatwave. This highlights the repeated themes of being trapped, suffocated; caught in a purgatorial loop.

The slow reveal of California starting to realise what’s going on is subtly and expertly written, and stunningly performed by both of the lead actors. The repetition of footage in certain scenes is used very effectively, enhancing the theme of mistakes endlessly repeated.

Upon watching the film a second time, I noticed so much foreshadowing and so many lovely little details. California pointing the gun first at Maria, then at himself, in the first flashback sequence is an eerie prediction of their fates. There’s a lot of that in Nether World – too much to explore in a brief review, but I kept noticing new details and deeper layers.

“I’m not like you,” California repeats to his jaded partner.

“There’s no escape from me,” could be a direct response from Old Timer to that claim: I’m still not entirely sure whether he directs that to the Photographer, or to California. As time passes (although, according to the clock, no time has passed at all: another unsettling anomaly of this situation, and a further comment on how things can’t help but repeat themselves) California’s behaviour becomes increasingly like Old Timer’s. We watch him become Old Timer before our eyes: first figuratively – with the smoking, drinking, the breakdown of his morals and marital fidelity - and then literally. As Old Timer says, “You’re not hunting me. I’m hunting me.” We realise that this has been a single, unreliable narrator all along, the story told from the fragmented point of view of a murderer driven mad by the mistake he replays over and over again in his mind. Finally, what was left of his younger, optimistic, self disappears completely and he is left with what he has turned into: the abusive father he was too late to kill; he has nothing left but to finish the job. The idea of ‘turning into our fathers’ is lent additional gravity by the fact that the two lead actors are father and son.

This feeling of going around in circles – literally and metaphorically: the repeated motif of spiralling stairs; the repeated patterns of disillusionment and violence – is a key theme of Nether World. The action both starts and concludes with the protagonist killing himself, neatly bookending the narrative.

The process of watching this film, of figuring out what was going on, and interpreting my own meanings from it, absolutely delighted me. I’m very grateful for having had the opportunity to watch it, and I hope that one day it’ll be available on public release for others to enjoy too.

Screen time- Lead role

Accent- American

Mark’s character- California is an example of what Mark Sheppard can do when given good material to work with. He’s a brilliant, nuanced character with a ton of backstory and depth and Mr S plays him phenomenally well. His interaction with Old Timer – (played with equal skill by his dad, William Morgan Sheppard) – is wonderful. His chemistry with Natalia Ivanova who plays California’s wife Maria (also brilliantly) is genuinely sweet and believable. This story is a true tragedy, as we get to see the long-term development of a character, the degeneration and demoralisation of a man who starts out idealistic and believing in justice. And Mr S makes you feel every single blow.

Highlight- Those beautiful, dreamy desert shots, all pastel colours and neo Western.

“I’ll get you another one.” “I wanted this one.” OOF. I feel ya, Maria.

THE GOLDFISH D:

The moment, at ‘Allentown’, when the penny first starts to drop for California.

“I’m not like you!” Way too sad and relatable.

“Now. Say something smart.” I dunno why, that just gave me chills. It was the delivery.

When California realises.

That final reveal/transition at the peephole.

That final desert shot with the veil.

Rewatch?- If this ever becomes available on DVD I will buy a copy and watch it many, many times over.

[ratemysheppard]

The actual director of Nether World just emailed me, like I’d sent out emails trying to track the film down and my email got forwarded to him and now I’m lowkey freaking out THE ACTUAL DIRECTOR Anders Dalgaard - what a nice guy!

[ratemysheppard]

Danish Film Institute replied.

“Thanks for your request.Unfortunately the Videotheque material on this title is the only available.The film can only be watched here.”

Head. Desk. Repeat.

I’ve emailed again asking if they have any suggestions on where to maybe obtain a DVD but I’m not holding out much hope. Nether World, why do torment me so?

...does anyone on here have any friends who live in Denmark?!

Also as an irritated aside, Lover’s Knot still hasn’t arrived in the post from America and I’m starting to think it was never going to.

[mshamsaddin]

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Kosmas Megalommatis, Nergal: Weltmythologie, Griechische Pädagogische Enzyklopädie, 1989

Kosmas Gözübüyükoğlu, Nergal: Dünya Mitolojisi, Yunan Pedagoji Ansiklopedisi, 1989

قزمان ميغالوماتيس، نرگال : اساطیر جهانی، دایره المعارف آموزشی یونانی، 1989

Côme Megalommatis, Nergal: Mythologie mondiale, Encyclopédie pédagogique grecque, 1989

1989 قزمان ميغالوماتيس، نرغال : الأساطير العالمية، الموسوعة التربوية اليونانية،

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Cosmas Megalommatis, Nergal: World Mythology, Greek Pedagogical Encyclopedia, 1989

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繡魂角色 貅 Shiou | 2017

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《繡魂》【童之章】    Soul Threads: Embroidery Child 概說 幽冥界，由世界原初的渾沌凝聚而成，陰陽之際的曖昧地帶。 佈滿絢麗斑斕的生命布幡，情感、意識、思想具現化成一縷縷絲線，讓魂與命邂逅。綺麗縈繞著幽暗身影，命運之神－幽君－掌管此地。 楔子－【童之章】 幽冥界似一如往常運作著，魂開始有些不尋常地騷動； 黑化的不明傷口正暗示著，這只是個開始... 介紹資訊頁: http://jievan.weebly.com/art-book-soul-threads.html My Original story book. The subject matter describes the obscured boundary between the dead and the living---the nether world. The nether world envoy that sutures fate and spirit to help the souls for reincarnation “Embroidery Child” ; the big master that controls the destiny of all lives “Nether Monarch” ; the wandering soul that dawdles at the edge of the nether world ”Soul Eater.”