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I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half.~Jay Gould
Mon Jun 25, 2007 at 16:17:55 PM MST
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Drift is an impressionistic road trip shot from the point of view of the traveler, presenting each passage of scenery through his eyes.
Our trip starts in the Midwest, the camera photographs through a bus window, film slows and speeds as the landscape of middle America passes by in a hypnotic monotony. The soundtrack is the natural sound of chatter filtered through an echo effect creating a sense of immediacy at a distance. Experienced, but muffled by one’s own impression of the surroundings. A fellow traveler, a young woman is sometimes viewed through the camera, sleeping or watching.  |
The bus travels south, through natural beauty and an occasional city scene. A foreshadowing montage promises the possibility of exotic or imaginary landscapes. Stops in Denver, and other Southwest areas begin to show an evolving sense of contrast, change and decay of the city, poverty and emptiness. The bus trip ends and our film-maker and companion board a plane to South America.
The destination appears to be Peru, which seems to be the woman’s home. She interacts with family and friends in residential homes. The couple travels into the mountains and encounter indigenous mountain people. The means of travel changes from a bus to a boat, peacefully moving through the water of this land so far away from where we were at the beginning of the film. Scenes from the early montage come into play as we mentally revisit each place, the landscape, the social strata, its natural beauty and ugliness.
Drift is a dream state document of contrasts, the wide array of experiences, landscapes, and lives that co-exist in our world.
DRIFT is a film on DVD submitted to The Howling Hex by mail. Although we may not have the time to write in response to every item, we appreciate all submissions of music, film and other art. |
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