Light Is Calling

Bill Morrison / United States / 2004 / Central European Premiere / 8 min.

synopsis

The volatile nature of the forces of attraction between a young officer and a beautiful girl is confronted by the deteriorating film stock. Mysterious flashes of light and protracted violin tones penetrate the ephemeral microdrama. The film was created by re-editing a lyrical scene from a copy of the silent film “The Bells” (1926, directed by James Young).

“Ecstatic! In which bodies and movements dissolve in swirling waves of golden light, the film's decay radiating as a glorious self-immolation.“ Maximilian Le Cain