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Stupid Coalescing Becomers
''Stupid Coalescing Becomers'' (with a full stop included in the title on screen, as ''Stupid Coalescing Becomers.'') is a 2004 Canadian short film, short black comedy, darkly comic experimental film by video artist Daniel Cockburn about time running backwards as an act of rebellion. Synopsis An artist (Daniel Cockburn) witnesses strange happenings even as a continuous narration (Daniel Cockburn in voice-over) lashes out at "stupid coalescing becomers" in those secret places of the world where the arrow of time flies backwards. The "little opposite rebellions" in which paper uncuts, cigarettes unsmoke, broken lightbulbs re-integrate, and so on. Finally even the artist himself disappears in a backwards leap, undone, along with the narrator's "moral diatribe". Cast *Daniel Cockburn as an artist and a narrator in voice-over (who may or may not be the same being) Themes, genre, and interpretations ''Stupid Coalescing Becomers'' foregrounds our awareness of time through its reversa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Cockburn
Daniel Ernest Cockburn is a Canadian performance artist, film director and video artist. Cockburn won the Jay Scott Prize in 2010 and the European Media Art Festival's principal award in 2011 for his debut feature film '' You Are Here.'' Education and career in video and filmmaking Early short films and videos (1999-2007) Born in Belleville, Ontario, Cockburn grew up in Tweed. He graduated from York University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in film studies in 1999, but felt "dissatisfied with his own final project", a 17-minute film that took him six months to finish; he decided to "abandon all that stuff", meaning big film productions heavy on stage design and light design, with sound engineers and a production manager, "in order to make much simpler films based on his own writing." He discovered the experimental film community in Toronto "and beyond," spending a decade making short films and video projects,"In the spotlight: Daniel Cockburn showcases 'You Are Here' at Toronto f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |