Images from the 1950s evoke both Modernist euphoria and the Cold War. The soundtrack, however, refers to Belgian paranoia in the 1980s. Perhaps each decade has its own typifying form of tension hiding behind the façade of optimism and confidence in technology
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Answer Print
Images on celluloid eventually deteriorate. In fact, a loss of colour is already noticeable in this poetic collage of recycled, predominantly magenta -
SERGEI/SIR GAY
As a teenager, Eisenstein always signed his drawings ‘Sir Gay’. The waggish essayist Rappaport sees clear signs of his sexual orientation throughout t -
What Happened to Her
Endless scenes of men staring at female corpses. From beyond the grave an off-screen voice testifies about the forensic fetishisation of her body. -
Ghost Children
A procession of cheap snapshots, most likely assembled from discarded family albums. Voices reminisce about childhood, while the camera explores the f
Film details
- Country of production
- Belgium
- Year
- 2016
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2017
- Length
- 8'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
