Rates of cancer in the film’s cast and crew reflect it being shot downwind during the period of above-ground nuclear testing. This remake is composed of hundreds of cyanotypes, exposed with the original negatives from 1954. The Prussian blue of the images is understood to counteract radiation poisoning.
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Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2013
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2014
- Length
- 9'
- Medium/Format
- File
