About Flight: The Surly Bonds of Earth

Film Maker
Gillespie, James Loran
Year
2003
Country
Canada
Language
Format
16mm
Length
10
Genre
experimental, hand-processed
Category
Earth, Ecology, environment, Film Farm, Landscape

In this collage of simple images from everyday life, such as feet and butterflies, birds and flowers, the pedestrian nature of human origins is found at play amongst images of a compromised nature. From vignettes of machine-fed birds that mirror a fascination with wings, this film reflects on some of the darker fruits of man’s desire for the capacity for flight. Using both colour and B&W stock, “About Flight” is mainly processed by hand and modulated with colour tints, toning and both in-camera and darkroom effects.

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