Made strictly by opposing AMIA’s ‘Disaster Recovery for Films in Flooded Areas’ this film was kept under water until its emulsion started to melt, then removed, tightened up and finally dried directly by the sun. The result is what you see, a film trailer, reborn from its very same ashes, in which the few small portions of ‘images’ that remain are overcome by the freed, colourful chemicals. Blocking is, thus, a homage to all the footage lost by the unpredictable dangers of nature and, at the same time, a true song to the beauty in destruction. (Pablo Marin)
Also in this combined programme
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Strange Weather
Meticulously processed found-footage material in which the detached actors acquire new meanings in the film. -
Of Bats and Men
Stunning observation of a seething stream of countless bats: curling and flapping around like an organism made up of separate bits. -
Astika
Circumspect portrait of a rough loner on the Danish island who has led his farm run wild for 15 years. -
The Coming Race
A hint of mystery covers these and hand developed shots of lines of mountain climbers on their way to… well, where are they going? -
Sketch Film #3
With a roll of Super8 film in his camera, the film maker ‘scans’ the urban environment in a fragmentary way. -
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Escalator
Black & white found footage of a boy going up and down stairs. A feast of insistent repetition. -
I Am a Star and I Come and I Go
Animation of a dance sequence from Saturday Night Fever with suitable backwards swinging soundtrack. -
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Orbit
An ode to Kodachrome. A swirling carousel of brushstrokes of light in bright colours on celluloid. -
Wrong Time Capsule
Music video for alternative band Deerhoof, made in the characteristic cut-and-paste style of Colburn. -
Film details
- Country of production
- Argentina
- Year
- 2005
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2007
- Length
- 3'
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
