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Reflective Properties

Meditations on landscapes, Las Vegas, natural disasters, family turmoil and one exceedingly talented drummer, among other things.

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  • Boll Weevil Days
    Boll Weevil Days

    USA, 2005, 8 min.

    Experimental puppet artist Susan Simpson’s re-conception of the disaster narrative, which takes the form of both massive elemental destruction and personal tragedy.

  • Dumb Angel
    Dumb Angel

    Canada, 2005, 10 min.

    The full intensity and virtuosity of a performance by the preternaturally talented 17-year-old drummer Anders Erickson (of the band Inward Eye) is captured in this boundary-expanding music video.

  • Flow
    Flow

    USA, 2005, 5 min.

    A gorgeous abstract stream of shapes and colors created through superimposition, direct painting and lyrical images.

  • A Heart and Other Small Shapes
    A Heart and Other Small Shapes

    USA, 2006, 30 min.

    A glimpse into the lives of two children and three adults who keep secrets and act out intimate wants, in a piece that examines the awkwardness and specificity of human desire.

  • The Other Side
    The Other Side

    USA, 2006, 41 min.

    In this stunningly-photographed consideration of the 2000-mile border between the US and Mexico, filmmaker Bill Brown explores anxieties on both sides, and the increasingly dangerous obstacles to a successful crossing.

  • Portrait #1: Cascadia Terminal
    Portrait #1: Cascadia Terminal

    USA, 2005, 6 min.

    A mesmerizing stare at the most efficient terminal in the port of Vancouver, BC, with an appropriately hypnotic score from Tara Jane O’Neill.

  • Site Specific_Las Vegas 05
    Site Specific_Las Vegas 05

    Canada, 2005, 12 min.

    Seen through the lens of noted photographer Olivo Barbieri, perched in a helicopter high above the city, Las Vegas becomes even more unreal than it already appears—a gauzy, candy-colored city of toy buildings and miniature cars.

Screenings

Northwest Film Forum
May 28, 2006 7:30 PM
7:30 PM (Date has passed.)