Here

Fred Worden | USA | 2005 | 11' |

| IFFR 2006

Here is a place, an optical location brought into being through conjuring, to accommodate a clandestine rendezvous between Sir Laurence Olivier and Georges Méliès. Méliès appears to get the upper hand, confirming that magic will always trump mere performance. Early cinema audiences, we are told, were mesmerised by the cinematic apparitions and impossible cavortings realized by the sly Méliès. Those first paying customers had, apparently, no need for plots, movie stars, or sharp ideas. Direct conjuring was more than enough. Could that work Here? (Fred Worden)

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