主演：FroilanOrozeee
导演：钓崎清隆/(TsurisakiKiyotaka)
语言：西班牙语
地区:日本/Colombia
编剧：釣崎清隆
类型：恐怖/纪录片
上映时间：2001-09-01
别名：Orozcoelembalsamador/OrozcotheEmbalmer
用户标签：纪录片,日本,钓崎清隆,死亡,哥伦比亚,日本电影,电影,南美
片长：Japan:91分钟(DVD)
imdb编号：tt0982908
Documentedbetween1996and2001bypinkueigadirector/professionalcorpsephotographerTsurisakiKiyotaka,OrozcoTheEmbalmerisaunflinchingninetyminutedocumentarythatexplorestheworkofformerpoliceinspectorturnedembalmer,FroilanOrozco.Amiddleagedmansufferingfromsomehealthproblems,Orozcoclaimstohaveembalmedthousandsofbodies,anaverageoffiveperdaygoingunderhisknife.BasedinElCartucho,asmallpartofBogota,Columbiawhichisrampantwithviolentcrimeanddrugabuse,Orozcoworksatasmall,rundownfuneralhomerightacrosstheroadfromthelocalmedicalcenter,he’sneverinneedofworkandseemstohaveaconstantstreamofcorpsestodealwith.
Thereisn’treallyaplottodiscuss,thefilmisasimplecollectionofvignettesshowingOrozcoatworkwithsomeclipssplicedinthatshowwhattheneighborhoodheworksinislike.Tsurisaki’scamera,unsurprisingly,leavesnothingtotheimaginationandnoneofwhatyouseeinthisdocumentaryisfaked.Corpsesarecutopenquickly,theirinnardsremoved,theirtorsoscleanedoutandchemicallytreated.Atonepointafaceispulledbackfromtheskullandthecranialcavitystuffedwithpapertohelpslowdowndecomposition.Theskinthatmakesupthefaceisthenpulledbackintoplace,thebodyisliterallytossedintoacoffin,makeupthenappliedassomesortoflasttouch.
AsOrozcogoesabouthisworkit’seasytoseehowjadedheis.Amanliterallysurroundedbydeath,hetalksopenlyandnonchalantlytoanyonewhocomesintohisembalmingroom,evengoingsofarastoaskonegirlout.Thisisverymuchjustajobtohim,hedoesn’treallyseemtofeelmuchforhisvictims,thoughatonepointwhenthecorpseofaninfantisbroughtinyoucan’treallytellifhe’sreferringtothedeceasedchildas‘alittleshit’becauseofdisdainoroutofduress.Orozcogoesabouthisbusinesswithalmostruthlessefficiency,cuttingandcleaningasquicklyasabutcherwoulddressacowfordisplayinhisshopwindow.Assuch,he’sdevelopedareputationasoneofthebestinthebusiness,atleastregionally.Asthefilmplaysout,wemeethisassistantandalsosomeofthecompetition,allofwhomhavetheirownoddpersonalityquirksandtraits.
Tsurisakishootsthefilmexploitatively,capturingtheremovedorgansincloseupandmakingsurethatthedeceasedsubjectsgenitalsareeasytoseeandsometimesrightupfrontintheshot.Thefilmisquiteshockingandboundtoupsetsensitiveviewers,butatthesametimesit’saverypowerfulpicture.It’sasmuchapersonalitypiece,ifnotmore,thanitisacollectionofcorpsefootagebutthere’slittledoubtthatthefilmwillberememberedasacharacterstudybeforeit’llberememberedforitsshockvalue.Nothingishiddenfromtheviewer,therearenoclevereditingtricksheretohidethemoreunsettlingvisualsfromthelens.ThecinematographyisasbluntasOrozco’sdelivery,andwhilethefilm,obviouslymadeonalowbudgetandwithlimitedmeans,isrougharoundtheedgesdespiteitsflawsitoffersfascinatinglygriminsightintotherealitiesofthedeathritual.