God Teeth is an ambitious experimental film that explores the desolation of the human soul, utilising surrealism to illustrate the fleeting nature of life.

Four recently deceased souls find themselves on an abandoned ship on a rough sea. As they mull over their life and what brought about their untimely deaths in this grim purgatory, a fever of stingrays slowly eats away at their memories as they try to leave the group stuck forever on the ship.

Director Robbie C. Williamson employs a myriad of techniques in God Teeth, creating a visual experience that is truly unique. With almost the entire film’s visuals constructed from online footage, you are continually left guessing what you will experience next. Thus, you oddly settle in and let the 60 minutes wash over you as if you sink into a meditative yet uncomfortable state.

Added to this is the digitally distorted narration from our four souls. The voices are flattened and altered to give them an almost AI feel. God Teeth leaves you in your version of purgatory, where you can either stay with the film or fully acquiesce to its near-mesmerising efforts. Even the subtitling throughout the film is slightly off, resembling a hybrid of Russian and Old English typefaces. It’s just enough to make you aware that it isn’t “right” or typical but entirely purposeful; we are meant to be feeling the same level of distortion in our viewing experience as the people on that ship are feeling from the stingrays.

Our four characters are entirely unseen, as we only see what we are led to believe and what they believe are snapshots of their memories. However, those memories have veered off into a dreamscape where not all is right. We Witness the experiences of Albert, who spent his last days in Hong Kong while trying to find a connection that will never come, leaving him in a grieving, isolated state. Boom, a young girl who is trying to copy her recently deceased father in his occupation of people underwater, whilst feeling the guilt of believing that she killed her father by creating a magical sea dragon.

With the help of sports agent Rose, she takes a gamble on following her heart instead of her head in the hopes of defining her career. Then we have Campbell, who might have been there the longest, as evidenced by his recounting of being left on a thousand-foot pole during a forest fire. All of their experiences are so different, yet with each, you take a little something from them. However, one theme remains true for them all: regret. Regret runs through each tragic tale.

God Teeth is a film you will not have seen before. It is a challenging film to fully describe without discussing every single detail, making it one of those films that should be experienced and discussed instead. For some, it may not quite work, but if you allow its story to seep over you, it becomes a thought-provoking viewing experience.

★★★

God Teeth showings – Thu, Jun 26th, 6:00 PM @ Vue Piccadilly – Screen 1. Fri, Jun 27th, 1:45 PM @ Vue Piccadilly – Screen 1

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