‘Narrative films depend on inserts (it’s a very rare film that has none), but at the same time they are utterly marginal. I wanted to make a film out of nothing but inserts, as a way of making them visible, to free them from their servitude to story. By chance I learned that the root of ‘parenthesis’ is a Greek word that means the act of inserting. And so I was given the title of the film.’ (MF)
Also in this combined programme
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Spirit House
A tale that looks at the places where we find our spiritual presence augmented, inflamed, or simply acknowledged. -
Influenza/Composition II (Chrome Square)
An animated stickerproject. As miniature, abstract urban screens, shiny square stickers quietly reflect the city life on their blurry surface. -
I turn over the pictures of my voice in my head
The artist reads a text while her vocal cords are being filmed. Based on a performance on the occasion of the Venice 2007 biennial. -
The Object Which Thinks Us: OBJECT 1
Tight close ups, sometimes out of focus, offer a disorientating, uncanny representation of everyday household objects. -
Autumnal
A world in autumn; a requiem for lands not yet departed. Produced with hand- painted 35mm filmstrips. -
27 Years
What you read is what you get: an animated selfportrait of the maker. In support of the photo-booth industry. -
Planet A
An animated vision of mutating environment, echoing an ecological disaster, the desertification of the Aral Sea. -
I Deeply Regret
About a failed chance of revenge and satisfaction. After a long, long time someone fights back, while humming the theme song from Rocky.
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2003
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2009
- Length
- 21'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
