In this case, minimal really means minimal. In a white set, a Chinese in white makeup repeats a moment from the life of the scientist Isaac Newton. He gets a book on his head. That must be the moment when gravity was discovered.
Also in this combined programme
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Sink
A sink in the sea symbolises the different stages of life. Sink, in stylised black-and-white, prompts reflection. -
rise
Listen with your eyes shut and you hear a story about parents and their child. Look with your ears shut and you see a street… -
Earth
The artist looks at the Earth and sees it is no good. Between the rubble, he drapes people as impotent beings and looks at them… -
The Snail on the Slope
Literary animation takes us into the forest, guided by critical questions about the relationship between man and nature. Hypnotising and unsettling.
Film details
- Country of production
- Singapore
- Year
- 2009
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2010
- Length
- 4'
- Medium/Format
- HDcam
