“Ātman” represents arguably the most irresponsible filmmaking I have ever seen. Normally, my reviews are longer with clearer structure but this film defies a regular review. Never have I watched a film before that was so physically problematically and potentially dangerous to one’s health that I was forced to turn it off after mere seconds. This has nothing to do with the subject matter but instead, it relates to the film techniques used.

This experimental short film from Japan features a man in a mask the same as the one in “Onibaba”. The film then rapidly cuts between many different images of the man from different positions and may even cause people to have seizures (even if they don’t suffer from epilepsy). Just please do not try to watch this film because you may suffer medically for it.