: The film relies on superimposition and the blending of floating masks. It suggests that resurrection in the modern world is a "present absence"—a trace of the past fighting against the totalizing, erase-and-rewrite nature of time and digital technology.
: In Johann Sebastian Bach’s Mass in B Minor , the Crucifixus ends in a hushed, somber vocal fade. Without pause, the Et resurrexit bursts forth with joyous, dancing polyphony, trumpets, and timpani. Et Resurrectus Est
Elder’s film does not offer a traditional, comforting religious narrative. Instead, it processes the idea of resurrection through a massive, sensory-overload montage of optical printing, text overlays, and early computer graphics. : The film relies on superimposition and the
