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Oblivion Way

Oblivion Way

Kai Oka | Canada | 1974 | 15' |

| IFFR 2024

Clouds white ablaze, a painting of a manor in a vast forest, finally a young man running and leaping in the streets. After these suggestions of paradise, tightly framed shots of houses old and new, garish sights of 70s pop fun include Raquel Welsh and some wrestling, suggesting how lost it is. Kai Oka in hindsight: “This was obviously the post-sixties confusion.”

– Olaf Möller

Ook in dit verzamelprogramma

Documentary
Cinema Regained
A split screen. Simultaneous reflection and action. A woman dances, the same woman reflects on dancing.
Stores
Cinema Regained
Inside the American Dream, a US shopping mall, in all its colours, sounds and light.
The Sum of Perfection
Cinema Regained
Vertical shots of water and fire are woven together, till all is water.
Blue Green
Cinema Regained
Inspired by Brakhage, the light dances as Kai Oka’s camera freely roams the countryside.
Before and After Zeno
Cinema Regained
The magnum opus and only sound film from Kai Oka is an elliptical journey.
Camera Car
Cinema Regained
Doing the American thing: riding around in a car as a pure cinematic act.
Around About
Cinema Regained
A 70s enigma, a free-form-film poem, Luisa Cividin moves through spaces as Roberto Taroni smokes.
Speedy life
Cinema Regained
A frantic view into Roberto Taroni and Luisa Cividin’s private life in New York.