The footage comes from the 1943 docudrama The Silent Village (Humphrey Jennings). Welsh coal miners reenact the Nazi invasion and annihilation of a Czech mining village. Labour, power, industrialisation and historical relevance are the larger themes behind this simple but efficient treatment of forgotten material.
Also in this combined programme
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Day and Night
A hypnotising exploration of polarities: stillness and motion, 2D and 3D, positive and negative, colour and black-and-white, day and night. -
The Green Wave
Consciousness reflects on the subconscious, the latter often represented by an ocean. Jacobs plays with our perception of a tidal pool, in a maelstrom -
The Rodeo Trilogy
The Mayberry Practice Calf, Second Place and The Wooden Calf are three silent shorts about the practice and patience that lead to great performances. -
Night Hunter
This eerie, allegorical homage to silent film star Lillian Gish is composed of approximately 4,000 handmade collages. -
Conference (Notes on Film 05)
The face of fascism? This grotesque found-footage film combines close-ups of 65 actors playing Adolf Hitler in films made between 1940 and today. -
Goose Weather
A visual oddity: a George Harrison album cover is explored as a visual counterpoint to a choral rendition of the text English Eccentrics. -
Intermezzo (Notes on Film 04)
A director’s fascination for Chaplin’s acting style, takes on the look of an explosive pop promo here. -
Maurice
Maurice, the semi-sophisticated owner of a porn cinema in Paris, sheds his skin and becomes a die-hard cinephile, who must take leave of his doomed…
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2011
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2012
- Length
- 5'
- Medium/Format
- DV cam NTSC
