Meditation on stasis and flux from a fixed point inside a subway-wagon, a particularly beautiful form of tunnel vision.
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. -
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… -
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Effigy – Specimens 4-12
An atmosphere on the extreme edge of human existence, either within the womb or in the first moment after death. -
Concern
A man observing the daily goings-on of his next-door neighbour. When does the moment of crossing a threshold come? -
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 the… -
Spiral Vessel
A found psychological test kit revealing the interior world of a science book, evoking mysteries more than revealing facts. -
Still
A quiet walk in and around the house, step by step, frame by frame, letting pictures become images. -
Awake but Dreaming
Shot in the Hirschgang Oberer, an extended curved hallway at the Akademie Schloss Solitude, like an endless cycle. -
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
- Taiwan
- Year
- 1999
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2001
- Length
- 12'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm