A haunting, affecting three-minute epic constructed of memorable images and densely imagined narrative fragments distilled to an essence that registers dread, dissolution, fear and despair, but also a bittersweet melancholy, both for an idealised past and a diseased present. (Mark Toscano)
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Film details
- Productieland
- USA
- Jaar
- 1966
- Festivaleditie
- IFFR 2011
- Lengte
- 3'
- Medium/Formaat
- 16mm
