The First 6 Minutes of Jean-Pierre Gorin’s POTO AND CABENGO (1980)
so criterion unloosed a trio of new releases today, the most exciting of them being Belle de Jour, which has absolutely nothing to do with this post. the *second* most exciting of them however, is certainly Eclipse Series 31: Three Popular Films by Jean-Pierre Gorin, which collects a triptych of fascinating and open documentaries from a filmmaker still waiting to be rescued from beneath the wide shadow of his contemporaries.
the earliest of the three films included in this set, Poto and Cabengo, chronicles the story of two young San Diego twins, little girls who speak to one another in their own private language. it seems like some TLC material, but Gorin has a master’s command of the medium and his interest in his subjects transcends the journalistic within the first few minutes, which can be viewed up top. watch with caution, as it’ll be tough to resist plunking down for the whole set once you hit the play button.
(h/t/ The Doc Channel Blog)
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