Animation made from damp and mould-damaged juvenile hall ledgers for the years 1940-1960. The Rorschach-like patterns that have formed over the years overrun the notes like dark shadows, representing the psychological impact of detention on the young inmates.
Also in this combined programme
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Trissákia 3
A ruin proves to be more than piles of stone. The view out from the remains of a Byzantine church in Trissákia, Greece. -
Listening to the Space in My Room
Portrait of a space once inhabited by the filmmaker adheres to a precise, yet enigmatic sound-image construction that carries rare emotional weight. -
Sea Series #9, 11, 12, 13, 14
Five seascapes shot on five eroded rolls of film turn into gold in John Price’s hands. -
Flow
Flowing, abstract high contrast, black-and-white images pull viewers into an interior process of change and awareness. -
We Had the Experience But Missed the Meaning
The title is a line from a T.S. Eliot poem. Film as poetry. Images analogous to words.
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2012
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2014
- Length
- 4'
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
