Decasia

2002

1h 10m

Documentary

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87%

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15 Reviews

80%

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500+ Ratings

Bill Morrison presents a compilation of film stock accompanied by an orchestral score.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

At times it threatens to contract into an artifact of academic obsession, but the more expansive passages connote an epic struggle between the human need to create history and the power of time and entropy to erase it.

Jul 2, 2022

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Empire Magazine

Rated: 3/5

Dec 30, 2006

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Tony Rayns

Sight & Sound

By presenting images that are in advanced stages of decomposition Morrison is agitating in the most powerful way on behalf of the archives fighting to rescue their holdings from disintegration.

Dec 2, 2003

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Film Threat

Rated: 0.5/5

Dec 6, 2005

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Bill Gibron

DVDTalk.com

As a musical piece, it is...able to convey mixed emotions within a very dissonant setting. But the film that goes along with it has a harder time selling its sense of self.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 30, 2005

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

It's for those who like curio films.

Rated: B

Jan 1, 2004

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david f

A beautiful work of art, based on decaying old film with a lovely soundtrack.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Great score but otherwise extremely slow and dull and it made its point in the first 10 minutes.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Audience Member

Decasia is an interesting concept. Take a large batch of decayed film and play it with all the phantoms created through time with appropriate music. The music chosen however doesn't change substantially throughout the production and as a result, you get repetition and boredom. It's kind of like an art gallery exhibit that you find fascinating..for two minutes.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Audience Member

I like to listen to ambient music over this instead of the score.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Audience Member

i need to watch this again

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

Felt like the arrangement of the images contained no point or emotion. I feel that the music was overpowering the images which generally were neutral. The whole piece only had one mood, and it was anxious with the music but the images varied from peaceful to reflective, to harsh and ugly, to angry. I mean, this got awards? They put it in museums. I guess I can justify the repetitiveness because in a museum you wouldn't stand there watching for an hour, maybe just a minuet like when you look at paintings, so that's why it's repetitive.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Synopsis

Bill Morrison presents a compilation of film stock accompanied by an orchestral score.

Director: Bill Morrison
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 27, 2016
Runtime: 1h 10m
Sound Mix: Surround

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