aesthetic

• Highly expressive minimal aesthetic. The cold austere missouri backcountry is imbued with a strange beauty and fascination for rural traditions.
• Mis en scene cuts between natural, open, observation images and a heightened sense of the macabre in everyday objects (cu's).
• Close up and obtuse angles heighten the modd in a style reminiscent of famous westerns.
• Closing sequence draws on Greek mythology. The ordeal, final task is shatteringly brutal but ultimately gives her the means to salvation. Highly symbolic aesthetics.
• Matter of fact but ghoulish and visceral imagery of butchered meat and flayed animals serve to highlight both the harshness of the land and resourcefulness of the ozark people.

  Animals = strong motif as a reminder of the history and heritage.