The Wanting Mare

I really tried watching this but it was just incredibly slow. I may have made it to the 30 minute mark and didn't bother skipping ahead. The characters weren't interesting enough to care about and I couldn't seem to care enough to find out what happened in the end. Maybe it's me or I wasn't in the right mood for a slow burn movie. Maybe you'll have better luck.

I need some point of reference!

In this movie there is no place, no time, no character building of consequence.

Yes, I was lost. Watched the whole movie without a clue!

I'm a fan of obscure stuff, but this was something else. Watch the behind the scenes on youtube, it's much more interesting. A little tip for the filmmaker: people usually watch a movie for it's story. In this one there is literally zero of it, it could be a random camera test for all I know.

'The Wanting Mare' is a slow, seemingly dull movie with no apparent story and no characters, at least not in the traditional sense. It is very pleasing to the eye though. It's less of a movie and more of an art piece rendered in cinematic format that tries to capture the concept of dream. It has more in common with a static piece of art, like a sculpture or a painting, than with anything that has a narrative. Bare that in mind when you sit down to watch it, and you won't regret the experience.

This movie abandons traditional narrative structure and, instead, seems to read like a visual interpretation of a poem. Characters come and go, strain within the most tenuous of relationships, questions remain unanswered, and dialogue is spare to see the least. With each character sketched more so than developed, I can understand the hostile reaction of most reviews here. But 'The Wanting Mare' is a consistently beautiful and gentle experience and, if a western visual education can be abandoned, there is much with which to be rewarded.