Passers-by speak silent volumes as they move by the mirrored surface of a diner window where a camera running at 48 frames per second records the unscripted choreography of the street, its dance of gazes and riddle of identities. This film is based on the work of the Lumière Brothers, with an eye to permeating the authority of the static camera and establishing a question as to who is watching whom.
Eve HELLER (1961, North Hampton, Massachusetts) studied film making, philosophy, German literature and political science. Her films have been screened in several museums and at festivals.
Also in this combined programme
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Passage of the Bride
Ready-made of wedding films, dedicated to Rrose Sélavy, the alter ego of Marcel Duchamp. -
Kristallnacht
Lyrical and sensual black & white film for Anne Frank, bordering on abstraction. -
Last Lost
Hypnotic parable with an open ending about the adventures of a chimpanzee on Coney Island. -
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Glint
About the start of disappearance, hand developed in Phil Hoffman’s Independent Imaging Retreat. -
Water Pulu 1869 1896
This water polo match gives an entirely new meaning to ‘keeping your eye on the ball’.
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 1998
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2007
- Length
- 10'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm