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Burt Barr | USA | 2004 | 6' | | IFFR 2005

Working with performer Rosalynde LeBlanc, Burt Barr has created a music video which overturns the rapid-fire schizophrenia of the genre: he limits the frame to a tight head shot, fixing his subject with an intimate and unswerving gaze. From LeBlanc’s lips we hear Otis Clay’s amorous voice crooning the Bluegrass classic Banks of the Ohio.

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Film details

Country of production
USA
Year
2004
Festival edition
IFFR 2005
Length
6"
Medium/Format
DV cam NTSC

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