Watashi no Kao

sansaii Aug 8, 2021

9.8

(This review may be considered to have spoilers, since this is so short and so to-the-point it would be impossible to discuss it without spoilers)Beautiful and disturbing look into slipping memories and fluctuating thoughts. I'm not sure if the purpose is intentional, but it evoked the unsettling horror of dementia. The style is intentionally grotesque, grimy, and sepia-hued monochromatic as the imagery slides with expert animation, like fluid smoke, between faces that the subject has presumably seen throughout their life, trying to place which face is recognizable as their own.The sound felt like it was recorded on poor equipment, similar to movie sounds from the 60s. This was particularly jarring during the small speaking parts, but may have been intentional as it only became more distorted during the purposefully distressing animation of shifting of faces. v=ccJmXEnmmRI