28.IV.81 (BEDOUIN SPARK)
CANYON CINEMA
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2m 51s
"Approximates a small child's fantasy world in the dark. In a series of close-ups, the nightlight is transformed into a meditative star-spangled sky. An improvisation, edited inside the camera and shot on a single reel. The stars swirl in silence." - IFFR
28.IV.81 (BEDOUIN SPARK) "...display[s] a concern with textures of light as well as the capacity of the human imagination to will celestial entities out of the relatively impoverished materials at hand." - Michael Sicinski, Cinema Scope Magazine
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