In a succession of still photograph and moving images, two characters
walk, run and gaze across an industrial-looking street-end over which trains
pass constantly. No motivation is given for their actions, nor is any definitive
direction or conclusion reached.
Rather, by only slight varying repetition of actions and sounds relating to leaving the frame, attention is focused on the nature of the framed image and our imaginative impulses to believe in a "world" beyond the film frame.
Winner,
Director’s Choice Award, Black Maria Film Festival, 1985
Finalist, Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia,
1985
Finalist, Greater Union Awards, Sydney International Film Festival,
Australia, 1985
Winner, Third Prize, Experimental, Baltimore International Film
Festival, USA, 1986
10:00 minutes © 1984
B&W and color/optical sound; 16mm
“Striking and imaginative...Metcalfe’s...use of sound and image
is original and clever, displaying an instinctive understanding and control
of the film medium.”
- Raymond Brazil, 2SER Radio, Australia, 1985
Distribution:
Film Makers Cooperative (USA)
Lux Centre for Film, Video and Digital Arts (UK)
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Please view: 21-second EXCERPT in which two women run and trains pass—increasingly frenetically. The shadow of a lampost also traverses the screen. (1.1 MB) |
Credits:
Cast: Geraldine Foley and Mandy Mullen
Writer/Director/Producer/Editor: Rohesia Hamilton Metcalfe
Camera: Lorraine Stacey
Oxberry Camera: Lorraine Stacey, Rohesia Hamilton Metcalfe
Sound Recordist: David Lucas
Sound Engineer: Trevor John
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was made with generous support from
The Women's Film Fund, Australian Film Commission
and with the support of
The Australian Film and Television School
experimental, non-linear, structural film
train imagery in films; repetitive use of still and moving images; minimal soundtracks