It begins in a tunnel, this journey to the inner world. We are in a city in Mexico during a festival, but at the same time in the depths of the consciousness of a man who is descending further and further into the underworld. His voice describes how his eyes become sensitive to the darkness, as sensitive as a wound is to salt. How he falls endlessly, and how his body becomes longer than his mind can grasp. While he is talking, the people up in the streets are gathering to celebrate their rituals. Priests are leading a procession to the church, children are beating the drums. Rows of legs shuffling in step, like a centipede in a strange costume. Cocks are adorned with pairs of silver claws, while men are showing off their feathers. The Apocalyptic Man is a hypnotic mix of images, sounds and spoken text. Diaz Morales based his story on Los Siete Locos (The Seven Fools) by Roberto Arlt, a political novel set in early twentieth-century Argentina. Just as in this novel, the man's physical and mental state forms the oppressive undertone to what is happening aboveground.
