A film which seems deceptively simple, Dead Reckoning comprises three identical-length shots which subtly address our very human tendency to want to give order to our environment, and the poignant failure inherent to such an impulse. The film presents us with not only a view of the filmed landscape, but also a map of the filmmaker’s own movements within the space he attempted to capture. (Mark Toscano)
Also in this combined programme
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Documentary Footage
Morgan Fisher’s rarely seen early masterwork, in which an artist’s model gives an endlessly nuanced performance of self-investigation. -
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Pat O’Neill’s celebrated mind bomb, the L.A. film that launched a thousand other films. Contact printing, hand processing, and solarisation mix in a b -
By the Sea
Pat O’Neill’s first film (made with Robert Abel) is an observation and transformation of the fascinating forms to be found at Muscle Beach in 1963. -
Olivia’s Place
In 1966, Thom Andersen knew that Olivia’s Place would soon be gone, so he decided to make a film in order to save something of… -
Future Perfect
A camera follows a map through a defined space, while markings representing the camera’s movements appear on the film strip itself with increasing fre -
Hand Held Day
An entire Arizona day in six minutes of Kodachrome, breathtakingly contained in a small mirror held in the filmmaker’s hand. -
Mirror People
Kathy Rose’s absurdist animation features numerous grotesque characters noisily inhabiting an uncertain and uneasy environment. -
Venusville
The two filmmakers had a bet: how easily can you tell the difference between a moving image of a still object, and a freeze frame…
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 1980
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2011
- Length
- 9'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
