The Hidden Gesture. War and Melodrama in Hollywood’s 30s and 40s
The Hidden Gesture. War and Melodrama in Hollywood's 30s and 40s
An elegant, thoughtful appropriated-footage essay on key images and gestures from classical Hollywood cinema – a culture today less known than ever, and a filmic idiom that at times feels almost arcane. The way this gem speaks through its rhythm shows an accomplished composer at work.
– Olaf Möller
Also in this combined programme
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Blueprint of a Pleasure Machine
A metaphysical Indian movie mystery animated with elements found in a museum’s film paraphernalia collection.
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Film Dedicated to Water and Trees
An unfinished film by the late Ukrainian polymath Florian Yuriev, curatorially prepared by Oleksiy Radynski.
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Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)
An appropriated-footage trip into everything the lost Philippines’ silent cinema might have been.
Film details
- Country of production
- Argentina
- Year
- 2023
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 5"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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