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Absence

2004 · 9 min

A hypnotic, experimental drift of ghostly film fragments where disappearances flicker in white light and meaning stays just out of reach.

Directed by
Christoph Girardet
Overview
In slow dissolves, loops of images of enacted absence are projected in white light. Most of the images come from the black-and-white film series The Invisible Man, dating from the 1930s to '60s. The presence of an invisible actor seems to influence minimal cinematic events on theatrical sets. These events combine to become an enigma regarding the phenomenon of disappearance.

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Directed by
Christoph Girardet
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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • memory
  • mystery
  • art
Places
None
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • found footage
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour1
Realism3
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity7
Emotional weight5

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Directed by
Christoph Girardet
Runtime
9 min

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