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Beyond the Gates of Splendor (2002)
Beautiful and extraordinary.
My sociology teacher played part of this in class, and it piqued my interest enough that I searched it up when I got home and watched the rest of it. And wow, what a story! I'm not even a Christian, and it touched my soul all the same. It's a hidden gem that you don't want to miss out on, regardless of whether you're religious or not. This documentary is sorrowful but uplifting, and the events that transpired were tragic but ultimately hopeful.
Aside from the beauty of the story, it's so bizarre that such a thing actually happened and I had no idea about it. Truth really is stranger than fiction, and I was reminded through this film that the world is very, very big and extremely interesting.
Satsuriku no Tenshi (2018)
A true gem.
What happens when the lives of two people from very different backgrounds intersect at a mutual desire? Something at once bizarre, touching and unforgettable. This is the story of those two lives, of a bond forged by a fragile obsession with death. Their relationship is unusual but inexpressibly heartrending and beautiful, and it will take up residence in a corner of your heart without permission, maybe forever.
Angels of Death is not as driven by events as it is by the moods it evokes, the strange and disorienting experience it provides to viewers. The graphics are immersive and haunting, the soundtrack evocative and poignant. It is devastatingly and terrifyingly beautiful, and will stay with you long after the end. (By the way, do yourself a favor and search up the OST on YouTube!)
In the first month or so after watching it, I simply thought of it as a "super weird but interesting show" and assumed I would not think about it much from then on. I was wrong. The protagonists began appearing again and again in my mind and grew on me more each time. I still do not understand why these two captivate me so much more than any other character, but one thing I can confidently say is that I have never seen anything like Angels of Death before and have yet to find anything like it since.
I should warn that this show will not appeal to everyone. It caters to a specific 'appetite' - the style is unsettling, surreal and has abstract elements that may require some thinking over. To some, it will be nothing more than 'edgy garbage.' But as for me, I have seen few titles with as meaningful of a story that is so brief and small-scale, few that manage to be such a visceral, alarming and sublimely dark experience that is set in a such a self-contained universe with a relatively simple storyline.