Comments on: Family Movie by Elliott Malkin (silent, 2004, 5 minutes)

By: test

test — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:15:26 +0000

[...] The original Family Movie at Lost in Light: http://www.lostinlight.org/2007/01/16/family-movie/ [...]

By: Francisco

Francisco — Sat, 26 May 2007 07:28:40 +0000

On the surface, about 30 seconds into the movie, I thought the picture dimensions and double screen was charming. Once I followed the beat of the shots though, I was reminded of the temporal. I thought about dust. In following the shots your parents took, it was a way for to reunite with their breathing. The places and colors take the viewer into your experience. It’s really quite wonderful that in your shooting from the old vantage points, you captured your parents gestures. Great job working with your parents participate with you on this project. Your patience paid off! I’m going to watch the rest of your work.

By: Shawn Van Every

Shawn Van Every — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 19:10:40 +0000

Elliott, thanks for sharing this. I love the juxtaposition. Do you have more, are you going to do it again in 30 years with whatever the technology is then? A lifetime.

By: giles p

giles p — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:32:20 +0000

Beautiful and very poignant, enhanced by a lack of soundtrack!

By: cheryl colan

cheryl colan — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:42:24 +0000

Yes – even though you can’t reconstruct the past, I found the images fascinating in which detail was the same (or nearly so), and what was different. Really quirky-cool piece!

By: Jonny Goldstein

Jonny Goldstein — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:11:32 +0000

You really can’t reconstruct the past, but you can evoke it, reference it, and comment on it. Nice piece Elliot.

By: robbie malkin

robbie malkin — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:23:33 +0000

Very interesting. Keep up the good work!