Short film
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21 min
A slow, hypnotic industrial ritual of grinding metal and eerie sound, best watched with full attention and patience.
- Directed by
- Karl Lemieux
- Genres
- Documentary
- Overview
- Some 12,000 oil and gas platforms remain at sea. What happens when one reaches the end of its life? In an experimental audiovisual journey to the shores of Scotland, acclaimed filmmaker Karl Lemieux (Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Quiet Zone) documents the painstaking process of dismantling these industrial behemoths. Metal creaks, excavators crunch and workers weld against desolate landscapes, captured on 16-mm film manipulated with photochemical processes, and amplified by Swedish artist BJ Nilsen’s haunting sonic landscape. The result is a ritual that seems both alien and undeniably Earthbound.
- How it feels
- Slow-burning and demanding.
- About
- Work, environment, technology, isolation
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Karl Lemieux
- Genres
- Documentary