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Circumstantial Pleasures

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Lewis Klahr, whom critic J. Hoberman called "the reigning proponent of cut and paste" for his acclaimed collage animations, is best known for his seductive and piercing examinations of midcentury materials and music. Circumstantial Pleasures is a feature-length collection of six short films that see his focus swerve toward more contemporary materials and issues. Exit the lush worlds of melancholy and romance; enter the emptied-out landscapes of asphalt, shipping containers, and vape pods. Set to remarkable music by experimentalists David Rosenboom and Tom Recchion--and featuring a wailing wallop of a late-period song by Scott Walker--Circumstantial Pleasures captures and crystalizes the unease, ugliness, and inhumanity of contemporary life. Rather than restating the things we know, Klahr's provocative new film uniquely illuminates the gritty emotional and physical textures of what it's like to be alive right now.

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Peter Bradshaw Guardian 06/21/2021
3/5
It is opaque, sometimes eccentrically comic, but intriguing. Go to Full Review Manohla Dargis New York Times 05/29/2020
No matter how distinct the elements - and how differently arranged - they are of a feverish, profoundly uneasy piece. Go to Full Review Paul Attard In Review Online 06/05/2021
This represents something of a creative breakthrough: the endeavor of a master who's refined his craft to its most affective forms. Go to Full Review A.S. Hamrah The Baffler 09/16/2020
In these short semi-abstractions, Klahr peers through a microscope at the dregs of our civilization as they mutate and infect its survivors today. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Lewis Klahr, whom critic J. Hoberman called "the reigning proponent of cut and paste" for his acclaimed collage animations, is best known for his seductive and piercing examinations of midcentury materials and music. Circumstantial Pleasures is a feature-length collection of six short films that see his focus swerve toward more contemporary materials and issues. Exit the lush worlds of melancholy and romance; enter the emptied-out landscapes of asphalt, shipping containers, and vape pods. Set to remarkable music by experimentalists David Rosenboom and Tom Recchion--and featuring a wailing wallop of a late-period song by Scott Walker--Circumstantial Pleasures captures and crystalizes the unease, ugliness, and inhumanity of contemporary life. Rather than restating the things we know, Klahr's provocative new film uniquely illuminates the gritty emotional and physical textures of what it's like to be alive right now.
Director
Lewis Klahr
Genre
Animation, Special Interest
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 29, 2020