Campusano’s turn here was unpredictable. Who could have foreseen only ten years ago (during the time of Vil romance) that he would make a film in 360 degrees and set in New York? This perceptual experiment in a concrete territory brings together a set of characters who could be described as stereotypes of the American way of life: we have a slacker, an immigrant, a reactionary white man, a dysfunctional family. None of them becomes the protagonist; all of them get a couple of scenes in which a ubiquitous idiosyncrasy and social climate is sketched.
A desire for experimentation is added to sociological curiosity and a minimum of narrative structure, thereby conquering the visual intensification of reality by means of the expansion of the field of register. What was once done by using depth of field is here achieved by stretching this field into all directions, and also testing of variations which enable calmness or movement.
VR experience, 60′, Sat 27 Jan to Sat 3 Feb, daily from 10:00 every hour, LantarenVenster Foyer, €11/€8
Film details
Productielanden
Argentina, USA
Jaar
2018
Festivaleditie
IFFR 2018
Lengte
60'
Medium/Formaat
File
Taal
English
Première status
World premiere
Director
José Celestino Campusano
Sales / World rights holder
Compañia de cine
Cinematography
Gabriel Pomerianec
Editing
Martiniano Caballieri, Juan Leguizamon
Sound design
Ramiro N. Alvares
Principal cast
Donald Mann, Katie Terpstra, Marcelo Bukin, Greg Costa