The master of the stroboscopic depth illusion changes territory, but applies his familiar strategy: a ghostly, flicking film takes us into a deep and ominous Asian past. Jacobs: ‘Bangkok, is it? Spelled in an unfamiliar way.’ A black-and-white train ride along a jungle stream shows us military men in their pith helmets, keeping the ferns, trees, monkeys and natives in line. Sparse intertitles trigger further thoughts about the war economy.
Also in this combined programme
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Finding the Telepathic Cinema of Manchuria
This short essay-film offers a witty combination of found footage, animation with a hypnotising soundtrack, questioning our notion of (media) history. -
Night Mayor
The master of vintage oddities evokes the story of an immigrant who gathers the power of the aurora borealis through a device called a ‘Telemelodium’. -
Where Is the Black Beast
A filmic interpretation of Ted Hughes’ poetry, using only discarded photographs. With music by Algis Kizys (e.g. Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Glenn Br
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2011
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2011
- Length
- 14'
- Medium/Format
- HDcam
