THE SOUND OF INSECTS - RECORD OF A MUMMY

Based on the novella Until I Am a Mummy (\"Miira ni narumade\") by Japanese author Shimada Masahiko, which in turn was based on actual events, the film tells the macabre story of a nameless man who starves himself to death in a hut in the woods. Months later, his mummified corpse is found by accident, along with a diary of his incredible 62-day deathbed. Liechti, who was \"both fascinated and irritated immensely\" by the text, presents the diary in a voice-over, accompanied by a stream of subjective, associative images. We see through the man's eyes, alone in the wilderness with his thoughts, and we are forced to experience the entire, drawn-out process of his suicide with him. (Bernard Vehmeyer)