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| Art is all consuming in Ruben Brandt, Collector |
A jaunt through the Western Art canon, Ruben Brandt, Collector is spirited adult animation. The Slovenian feature from Milorad Krstic finds the title character haunted by figures from great paintings as he dreams. The film takes on a surreal edge immediately as Velasquez's "Infanta" eviscerates Brandt's forearm with her incisors. Paintings are integrated into the action and form the film's background. The effects and affects verge on overload, but Krstic keeps the momentum chugging along. He wisely shifts the film's palette with each succeeding segment, varying from somber realism to Fauvism.
The film's plot concerns Brandt's attempt to steal and collect the masterpieces that haunt him in order to purge his trauma. An "art therapist", Brandt inhabits a world where characters faces appear to be drawn by Ernst, Dubuffet, Grosz or Modigliani. The narrative is absurd, but the visual invention never flags. Despite one too many chase scenes, Ruben Brandt, Collector ranks with the best animation of the last decade.
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