Sylvania

  • 13'
  • USA
  • 2005
In Sylvania, we find ourselves in the interiors of the 1960s television series Bewitched, a space like an implanted memory now occupied by spirographic mandalas, a prowling alien (protector or intruder?), a naked woman (asleep or dead?). An unshaven figure who might be the video maker or his double looms like a cyborg in nebulous space. His movements make us wonder if he is an apprentice to the robot-like figure, or the puppet master of the scene, a paradox like the role of television itself - reflective, instructive and/or indoctrinating. Can the elements of this mystery be resolved? The series continues. (MM)
Director
Bobby Abate
Premiere
International premiere
Country of production
USA
Year
2005
Festival Edition
IFFR 2006
Length
13'
Medium
DV cam NTSC
Producer
Bobby Abate
Sales
Bobby Abate
Cinematography
Bobby Abate
Editor
Bobby Abate
Director
Bobby Abate
Premiere
International premiere
Country of production
USA
Year
2005
Festival Edition
IFFR 2006
Length
13'
Medium
DV cam NTSC
Producer
Bobby Abate
Sales
Bobby Abate
Cinematography
Bobby Abate
Editor
Bobby Abate