BEHIND THIS SOFT ECLIPSE

by Eve HELLER
2004 / 16mm / b&w / silent / 1S / 10' 00

I was imagining a collaboration of parallel worlds or a kind of doubled consciousness, a sense of the corporeal and the riddle of absence. The body of the film depends on a spine of interlocking contrasts in the form of negative and positive space, day and night shots, under and above water elements. These are cut on motion and qualities of light that are sometimes gentle and sometimes jarring, to convey the tender labor of hosting a balance.
A crossing of paths behind the seen in the wake of one who no longer walks the curve of the world. ECLIPSE is an elegy for Marion McMahon who co-founded the Film Farm (Independent Imaging Retreat) in Southern Ontario, where it was produced.

— Eve Heller

1 PRINT IN DISTRIBUTION


distribution format Digital file on server (SD)
screen 4/3 (single screen)
speed 25 fps
sound silent
rental fee 50,00 €