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Decasia

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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 Full Review Empire Magazine Rated: 3/5 Dec 30, 2006 Full Review 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 Full Review Film Threat Rated: 0.5/5 Dec 6, 2005 Full Review 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 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews It's for those who like curio films. Rated: B Jan 1, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Audience Member i need to watch this again Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Bill Morrison presents a compilation of film stock accompanied by an orchestral score.
Director
Bill Morrison
Producer
Bill Morrison
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 27, 2016
Runtime
1h 10m
Sound Mix
Surround
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