A metaphorical exploration of Tenniel’s illustrated edition of Lewis Caroll’s Through the Looking-Glass. Through careful illumination, the book’s illustrations retreat into the
fibre of the page, and a fleeting light dissolves into the chemistry of the film’s
emulsion, revealing and yet concealing a story that is but glimpsed.
Also in this combined programme
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Mothlight
Stan Brakhage is attracted to creating films like an insect to light. Mothlight resurrects dead moths in the projector’s beam. -
Concerning Flight: Five Illuminations in Miniature
The mystery of insect flight explored. Interpretations of a mythological and fantastical nature are illuminated in motion and time. -
Discoveries on the Forest Floor 1-3
Fragile leaves and fine threads of fungus string together, like an obscure genre of 17th century painting: Forest Floor Paintings. -
The Parable of the Tulip Painter and the Fly
An intoxicating flower drenched in luminous colours and sparkling light. Such luxurious and temporary beauty shows the transience of life. -
Looking Glass Insects
This play of observation scans Lewis Caroll’s Through the Looking-Glass with magnifying glasses, used by both entomologists and filmmakers alike. -
W.H. Hudson’s Remarkable Argentine Ornithology
Live performance with vintage magic lanterns and handmade slides tells the tale of famed naturalist Hudson’s spellbinding recollection of birds.
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2011
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 4'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
