NR | 1h 46min | Documentary, Ecology | 14 April 2023 (Austria)
Of all film genres, documentaries have the greatest amount of creative leeway. There are no structural guidelines regarding content, narrative style, or presentation and, thus, no rules with which to adhere: Almost anything goes. No one working within this genre knows these things better than Austrian director Nikolaus Geyrhalter.
To say Geyrhalter’s movies are an “acquired taste” would be a gargantuan understatement. Since 1992, he’s made 15 features, yet only four of them (“Elsewhere,” Our Daily Bread,” “Abendland,” and “Homo Sapiens”) have dedicated entries on a popular online encyclopedia.
Director Nikolaus Geyrhalter shows many scenes of garbage in “Matter Out of Place.” (Icarus Films)
Geyrhalter followers are a scant few but fiercely loyal and will undoubtedly be wowed by and offer up hearty hosannas for his latest offering “Matter out of Place” (“Matter”). As the movie is only scheduled to open in New York and Los Angeles, the odds that “Matter” will rope in any new Geyrhalter converts are infinitesimal….