Still Light

Still Light (1971)

The first half of the film explores delicate nuances of lighting, colour and depth as Beavers shoots the face of a young man in various locales on the Greek island of Hydra, using a variety of customized masks and filters. The man’s face remains constant throughout, surrounded by iconic elements in the landscape, like a pulsating Renaissance portrait. Still Light brings to mind any number of structuralist binarisms: youth and age, creation and criticism, action and reflection, living landscape and mummified text.

Date of release
1971-12-13
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 0m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Robert Beavers
Collection
My Hand Outstretched to the Winged Distance and Sightless Measure

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