The Breaking Water/The Breathing Bridge
Jim Jennings brings the viewer very close to the subject of his films – a great starting point for making the sound (music?) that acts as a counterpart to the film programme. Since Jennings captures his images in the city of New York, I logically captured my sounds in Rotterdam, where I live. I decided to use two of the most well known symbols of the city, the Maas River, and one of the bridges that crosses it, the Erasmus Bridge (also known as ‘The Swan’). I didn’t just record the traffic going over the bridge, or the boats going through the river. Those were part of the recording sessions, but mainly I recorded the sound of the bridge and the water itself, by using underwater microphones and contact mikes. In this case, “bringing the listener very close to the subject”. (Rutger Zuydervelt)
Also in this combined programme
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Greenpoint
Greenpoint was made in Brooklyn in a Polish neighbourhood called Greenpoint. (Jim Jennings) -
Public Domain
Public Domain was shot all over Manhattan in my subway travels from job to job. (Jim Jennings) -
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Wall Street
Wall Street was shot on lower Broadway from the rear window of a city bus on repeated rides I took during lunch hours in the… -
Fashion Avenue
Fashion Avenue was mostly filmed on 7th Avenue (aka Fashion Avenue) in the Garment District between 34th and 42nd streets during working hours over a -
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Silk Ties
Silk Ties was made mostly in the Garment District between 34th and 42nd streets on the west side from a plumbing truck I was driving…
Film details
- Country of production
- Netherlands
- Year
- 2010
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2010
- Length
- 20'
- Medium/Format
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