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Mirror Road

1976 · 8 min

A hypnotic, abstract wash of shifting colors and drifting forms that rewards patient, close attention more than narrative engagement.

Directed by
Gary Hill
Genres
Animation
Overview
In Mirror Road, Hill uses the camera and image processing devices to explore the malleability of electronic colors and image density. Amorphous structures move across the monitor like drifting clouds, changing color and direction. From time to time structures of fantastic color landscapes move past one another in the lower and upper halves of the picture (the rearview mirror takes up the upper half of the frame), only to be recombined into an amorphous unity.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Gary Hill
Genres
Animation
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    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • art
    • technology
    • identity
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    None
    Era
    timeless
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • single location
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour0
    Realism1
    Romance0
    Tension1
    Darkness1
    Complexity8
    Emotional weight2

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    Genres
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    Directed by
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    Runtime
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    Country
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