Reading Canada Backwards

A travel log of a technical object keeping time on a big train. Camera: never is the camera looked through during the making of this film; most shots are hand held, kept level with the horizon & always points east with the train’s direction. Sound: 2 train tracks looped, 2 tracks blues guitar by Erich Fox. Opening: Vancouver at Nanaimo St. Bridge with a motorcycle mirror. Movement: 12000 frames. 4000 miles from Vancouver to Halifax with 3 frames of film shot for every mile. (90 telephone poles every 30 miles – 5 second sequences). Closing: Halifax at Young Ave. bridge at sunrise.