When love fades, the world seems to collapse. However, feelings of love, security and hope survive the disaster. This intense cut-out animation is the first in a new series by Lewis Klahr entitled The Rain Couplets.
Also in this combined programme
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The Street of Everlasting Rain
In the second verse of The Rain Series, Klahr plays with romantic love and time perception, whilst elements from Kiss the Rain re-occur. -
Dad’s Stick
A film crammed full of warmth and compellingly dry insight introduces us to Mr. Tony Smith, John’s Dad, and ‘a perfectionist with a steady hand’. -
Cold Open
Drenched in creeping damp and malaise, the visual consequence of a powerfully ‘absent-minded gaze in response to the world’. -
Spell
A mentally unstable man. Sounds invade his thoughts, are reinforced and mingle with his memories. -
Temper Clay
A house in Seoul and one in the countryside are the point of departure for a poetic, musical film that ends with a quote from…
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2012
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2013
- Length
- 6'
- Medium/Format
- HDcam
