I was first inspired to watch L’humanité after seeing a clip of it in Mark Cousins’s The Story of Film. Once I saw the movie, I was absolutely haunted by it. Like Persona, it’s untrustworthy - Mark Jenkin, Criterion
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I guess the cinematic references & homages in Enys Men left a serious impressions on me considering I still have a bunch that didn’t make my original review (click here to read).
Below are a few additional/alternate comparisons that made the cutting-room floor that I still feel like sharing…
Although it’s a real outlier in terms of his body of work, this was a touchstone when I was developing Enys Men. I’d be lying if I said I fully knew what the film means - Mark Jenkin, BFI
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Penda's Fen. / Enys Men
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Penda's Fen. / Enys Men
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Penda's Fen. / Enys Men
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It took a reference to Jeanne Dielman in an Enys Men review to make me consider the impact of this film upon my own work. The confrontational camera, the sparse dialogue, the performances devoid of grand gesture or faux emotion are all there, but the gradual subversion of a strict routine is the obvious starting point when it comes to its influence - Mark Jenkin, BFI
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Jeanne Dielman... / Enys Men
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The opening shot of Enys Men is an homage to a composition of an ATM that appears in L’argent. It’s the kind of thing that no one would ever pick up on but that I know - Mark Jenkin, Criterion
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I can’t articulate what effect Bresson’s films have on me, that’s the beauty of it – Mark Jenkin, Ukfilmreview.co.uk
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For me, Tarkovsky’s films exist outside of time and space. I can’t imagine how a film like Mirror sat within the cinema of its time - Mark Jenkin, Criterion
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Stalker / Enys Men
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The Mirror / Enys Men
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Nostalghia / Enys Men
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Stalker / Enys Men
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The Mirror / Enys Men
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Don’t Look Now is the obvious choice. Roeg’s influence runs through everything that I’ve done as a filmmaker - Mark Jenkin, Criterion
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Don't Look Now / Enys Men
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Don't Look Now / Enys Men
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Don't Look Now / Enys Men
If you look closely, you may catch a glimpse of the spectre of Enys Men, looming in the background - Mark Jenkin, Vice  | Between The Tides / Enys Men
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The purest film included in this collection. A camera, a voice, some music. A beautiful and apparently simple portrait of a loved one, but also a love letter to the medium of film itself; a past-tense art form that shows us ghosts and freezes time. Truly transcendental filmmaking - Mark Jenkin on A Portrait Of Ga, Vice  | A Portrait Of Ga / Enys Men
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And as I mentioned in my original review, Jenkin doesn’t namedrop Maya Deren or Stanley Kubrick as direct references but there are so many moments from both; Meshes Of The Afternoon and The Shining running all throughout Enys Men…
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The Shining / Enys Men
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Meshes Of The Afternoon / Enys Men
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This pick is all about Nigel Kneale’s script (which gave birth to the endlessly intriguing stone tape theory) and how it’s combined with the unmistakable work of Desmond Briscoe and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Both were huge influences on me while making Enys Men- Mark Jenkin, Vice
The Stone Tape / Enys Men
And while Jenkin hasn't namedropped Altman or his psychological thriller Images, I'd be surprised if that wasn't some sort of subconscious influence either. Both movies are incredibly similar with a lot little moments that sync up
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I must have seen this [Haunters Of The Deep] around the time it came out. Enys Men shares many of the same West Cornwall locations. Having recently re-watched it, I realise I may have borrowed some shots for my film. It obviously made a mark at an impressionable age - Mark Jenkin, Vice
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Haunters Of The Deep / Enys Men
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It may be nearly half a century old, but this melancholic portrait of loss seems more relevant than ever. I was intrigued by this film when I heard about the dead rising from their graves sequence, but the film is so much more than this undoubtedly brilliant sequence. At times surreal and abstract, while in other moments pure documentary, this is a quietly angry piece of filmmaking - Mark Jenkin, Vice
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Requiem For A Village / Enys Men
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this [A Warning To The Curious] is my favourite – a highly atmospheric piece of visual storytelling with a chilling climax. I find the simplicity of the filmmaking invigorating. No doubt born of limitation, this is cinema by way of TV - Mark Jenkin, Vice
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A Warning To The Curious / Enys Men
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When I first moved home from London 20 years ago, I went to a short film screening in a village hall. That night I realised I could make films in Cornwall – that there were people already doing it and, most excitingly, the work was distinct. There was a National Cinema! This film screened on that rainy winter night and represents all that was happening at that exciting, and hugely influential time, in Cornish film history - Mark Jenkin
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Wind / Enys Men
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