Signals: Nathaniel Dorsky
Overview of films
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Alaya
Nathaniel Dorsky | 28' | USA |
Enchanting, minimalist film consisting solely of grains of sand, which act as hyperboles for the constituents of celluloid images: film grain. -
Arbor Vitae
Nathaniel Dorsky | 28' | USA |
Film shows insight into the metaphysical coherence of life, gives existence a soul like the tree of life. -
Aubade
Nathaniel Dorsky | 12' | USA |
Aubade is like the start of a new day and marks a new step for Dorsky in his contact with celluloid. -
Compline
Nathaniel Dorsky | 19' | USA |
A fond farewell to the unique Kodachrome film stock Dorsky used to shoot most of his extraordinarily beautiful films. -
A Fall Trip Home
Nathaniel Dorsky | 11' | USA |
Made by a then twenty-year-old Dorsky seeking form and self-awareness. In contrast to the other works selected, it has a small soundtrack. -
Hours for Jerome
Nathaniel Dorsky | 45' | USA |
Convincing return to filmmaking after more than 10 years’ absence is a cinematic succession of the seasons inspired by the Medieval Book of Hours. -
Love’s Refrain
Nathaniel Dorsky | 22' | USA |
A delicate doubling of reality, which results in a new understanding of the interconnectedness of the objects that surround us. -
Pastourelle
Nathaniel Dorsky | 16' | USA | European premiere
Nathaniel Dorsky’s latest film is a silent, meditative, deeply loving experience. -
Pneuma
Nathaniel Dorsky | 27' | USA |
Painstaking materials research using various pieces of unexposed 16mm film stock. A meditative elegy of light. -
Sarabande
Nathaniel Dorsky | 15' | USA |
Sarabande has an enchanting rhythm alternating distance and detail with a melody dictated by nature. -
Song and Solitude
Nathaniel Dorsky | 21' | USA |
No words can describe the dark beauty of Song and Solitude. A comprehensive symphony of wonder. -
Threnody
Nathaniel Dorsky | 25' | USA |
An offering to influential filmmaker Stan Brakhage, made shortly before his death, which gives him a final look at earth.