Venice Pier
Gary Beydler US, 1976, 16', 16 mm
A breathtaking and achingly humble film in which a year’s worth of non-chronological imagery shot down the entire length of Venice Pier is presented, re-ordered, as a profound impressionistic journey. Shot spatially out of order on the Venice Pier over the course of an entire year, Gary Beydler recomposed the footage in editing to make it proceed consistently forward in space, resulting in an intricate mixing up of chronology. Some cuts could represent a jump of months either forward or backward in time. The result is one of gauzy impressionism brought into vivid and breathtaking clarity. (Mark Toscano)
Fri 27/9 Kino SC 16:00
