Borrowed from the closing line of James Joyce’s novel Ulysses, the title also serves as a pretext to proclaim, over and over again, a feeling of jubilation with regard to painting. A video compilation like a celebrity casting is used as a canvas for an emancipated approach to painting.
Also in this combined programme
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Quod Erat Demonstrandum
Instead of a traditional documentary, Aragno sampled together a portrait from Godard’s own work, including a few shots of his forthcoming feature Adie -
Crystal World
Inspired by J.G. Ballard’s science fiction novel, a crystal growth comes to life and invades scenes from the iconic film The Night of the Hunter… -
Life Is an Opinion, Fire a Fact
The self-immolation of a character from Tarkovsky’s Nostalghia triggers a meditation on faith and irrevocable actions. A haunting play with music and -
It’s About Light and Death (to Joseph Plateau)
An optic danse macabre as a homage to the inventor of the stroboscopic illusion of moving images. Stuffed animals are reanimated through a play of… -
Audition
Frames from Cassavetes’ The Killing of a Chinese Bookie trigger a beautiful study in dot-matrix printing, mysteriously followed by vintage Japanese ph
Film details
- Country of production
- Belgium
- Year
- 2012
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2013
- Length
- 15'
- Medium/Format
- HDcam
