Light Is Calling
Jan 16 2004
•0h 8m
•Drama, Music
A scene from The Bells (1926) is optically reprinted and edited to Michael Gordon's 7 minute composition. A meditation on the fleeting nature of life and love, as seen through the roiling emulsion of a film.
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