Shorts
Optimism
Deborah Stratman
Kanada, USA 2018
15 min
V'18
Dawson City in Yukon Territory has already had its past immortalized in Bill Morrison’s DAWSON CITY: FROZEN TIME. Stratman impressionistically updates us on the adventures of this strange community that dwells in difficult climatic conditions, but runs on a spirit of nutty optimism. Mixing different grains and textures of footage, weaving a soundtrack from snatched conversations and nature’s noises, Stratman even manages to stumble upon an endearingly folksy new allegory for cinema itself: as the mirror that (as in DAWSON CITY) shines a bit of sunshine into the other-wise blistering cold. (Adrian Martin)
Credits
- John Steins
- Eldo Enns
- Simon Mason-Wood
- Lance Blomgren
- Steve Badgett
- Deborah Stratman
- Deborah Stratman
- Deborah Stratman
- Charlie Chaplin
Pythagoras Film
Pythagoras Film
DCP
bwcol
