Effigy – Specimens 4-12
Effigy - Specimens 4-12
An atmosphere on the extreme precipice of human existence, either within the womb or at first moment’s after one’s death.
Also in this combined programme
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Bienvenue
A film like a rite of passage, restlessly exploring the interior of a haunted house.
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Convalescing
Convalescing: when one is allowed not to take part in the world. Time to appreciate how much it actually is: to read to dream, to look.
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Concern
A man observing the daily goings-on of his next-door neighbour. When does the moment of crossing a threshold come?
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Construire sa maison
The process of sewing comprises an initiation: becoming conscious of your own boundaries, and respecting them, to give the place that you can to th
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Spiral Vessel
A found psychological test kit revealing the interior world of a science book, evoking mysteries more than revealing facts.
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Intrude Sanctuary
Meditation on stasis and flux from a fixed point inside a underground train carriage, a particularly beautiful form of tunnel vision.
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Still
A quiet walk in and around the house, step by step, frame by frame, letting pictures become images.
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Awake but Dreaming
Shot in the Hirschgang Oberer, an extended curved hallway at the Akademie Schloss Solitude, like an endless cycle.
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Anatomy of Melancholy
Accompanying images of the human body we hear the words of Keats’ ‘Ode on Melancholy’. A cinematic meditation on mortality.
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2000
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2001
- Length
- 2"
- Medium/Format
- Betacam SP PAL
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