Comprised of 852 black-and-white photographs, The Modernist presents a dystopian view of Los Angeles, a city which has figured prominently in Opie’s work over the years. She uses the formal and narrative structures from Chris Marker’s legendary photo-play La jetée to address contemporary themes of environmental collapse, global upheaval, and political breakdown.
The other films shown within Say : no more straight lines
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Touching Sound
Johannes Binotto IFFR 2019 4′Found-footage video of a woman opening Pandora’s box. Strange, radioactive sound waves affect the film's surface and the character’s hands.
Found-footage video of a woman opening Pandora’s box. Strange, radioactive sound waves affect the film's surface and the character’s hands.
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Gaetano Liberti IFFR 2019 44′A reclusive cartographer briefly engages into a dialogue with a woman. The whole world shivers when these two people get close.
A reclusive cartographer briefly engages into a dialogue with a woman. The whole world shivers when these two people get close.
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Edges: Waves
Simon Payne IFFR 2019 6′Everything happens at the edges of the frame here. The action is minimal: two lines build up an undulating pattern and unfurl again.
Everything happens at the edges of the frame here. The action is minimal: two lines build up an undulating pattern and unfurl again.
- Filmmaker
- Catherine Opie
- Country
- USA
- Year
- 2017
- Medium
- Other
- Length
- 22’
- Language
- no dialogue
- Producer
- Catherine Opie
- Sales
- Catherine Opie
- Writer
- Catherine Opie
- Cinematography
- Catherine Opie
- Editor
- Catherine Opie, Heather Rasmussen
- Production Design
- Catherine Opie
- Sound Design
- Catherine Opie, Luke Lynch
- Cast
- Stosh Fila aka Pig Pen
