Fever

“Fever” plays with the film convention of “it was only a dream,” positioning the audience/viewer as both the (mind’s) eye of the dreamer, and as the voyeur of the same naked, sleeping figure. In fact, much of the piece explores looking, as dream figures gaze upwards captivated by something unseen, inter-cut with the camera examining the sleeper’s body. The film culminates with the dream looking back at the dreamer, startling him to wakefulness. Perhaps longing is really the theme here, as the camera caresses a body the viewer can’t touch, a dog chases a fox frozen in a glass case, and people search the sky for something mysterious. Finally, when contact is made, the dreamer flees the dream.