Marwencol
Or how I learned that sometimes learning something new every day can even happen at midnight.
Marwencol is the story of a man who was brutally abused by five men around the town of Kingston, NY. His face was so badly bruised it had to be reconstructed and he lay in a coma for 9 days. He also was found to have severe amnesia and needed to stay in the hospital for 40 more days while he had to relearn how to walk, talk, eat, and write.
Health care issues had him removed from the hospital early and he spent a short while in various therapies to recover. Once that cow ran dry Mark took it upon himself to find his own sort of therapy, and there-in lies Marwencol.
Originally this was supposed to be a short, but I don't think a short would have done justice to the complexity of this man. You have a '50 adolescent mind stuck in the body of a former Navy man who is obsessed with a WWII village. He was a talented artist before, but also troubled by his alcoholism. He deems this life his second life and is determined to make the most out of it.
There's so much here. Everything has a reason, a purpose, and unforeseen circumstance. You see this grown man playing with dolls and then you see the intricate detail of which he places them, and then he begins to tell you the story and you see that this is not just a display, but a reenactment.
I don't want to give too much away because I want you guys to try and see it. See how for every time you question his sanity you sometimes question your own. You start taking those preconceived notions and turning them over to see if there's something you missed. You re-question masculinity, femininity,sanity, vanity. This move really makes yourself wrap your mind around your world and see if maybe there's something more to all of this.
Try it. I think you'll like it.
Marwencol is the story of a man who was brutally abused by five men around the town of Kingston, NY. His face was so badly bruised it had to be reconstructed and he lay in a coma for 9 days. He also was found to have severe amnesia and needed to stay in the hospital for 40 more days while he had to relearn how to walk, talk, eat, and write.
Health care issues had him removed from the hospital early and he spent a short while in various therapies to recover. Once that cow ran dry Mark took it upon himself to find his own sort of therapy, and there-in lies Marwencol.
Originally this was supposed to be a short, but I don't think a short would have done justice to the complexity of this man. You have a '50 adolescent mind stuck in the body of a former Navy man who is obsessed with a WWII village. He was a talented artist before, but also troubled by his alcoholism. He deems this life his second life and is determined to make the most out of it.
There's so much here. Everything has a reason, a purpose, and unforeseen circumstance. You see this grown man playing with dolls and then you see the intricate detail of which he places them, and then he begins to tell you the story and you see that this is not just a display, but a reenactment.
I don't want to give too much away because I want you guys to try and see it. See how for every time you question his sanity you sometimes question your own. You start taking those preconceived notions and turning them over to see if there's something you missed. You re-question masculinity, femininity,sanity, vanity. This move really makes yourself wrap your mind around your world and see if maybe there's something more to all of this.
Try it. I think you'll like it.