Lost in translation won the golden globe award for best motion picture musical or comedy and the satellite award for best film musical or comedy. Nothing was done to accelerate the decomposition of the actual film prints, some of which were copied from the university of south carolinas. Decasia a film by bill morrison music by michael gordon bluray trailer an icarus. Goodfellas, a 1990 film based on the life of former gangster henry hill, and casino, a 1995 film about the rise and fall. A film by bill morrison music by michael gordon bluray trailer an. Decasia is a 2002 american collage film by bill morrison, featuring an original score by michael. It was written by mark mills and based on the 1995 novel morality play by barry unsworth. What director and editor bill morrison has done is create an hourlong. The return of the king won the academy award for best picture, the bafta award for best film and the golden globe award for best motion picture drama. Download pdf copies of the entire list of registry titles sorted alphabetically or by year of release. We do manage to get things done, but we get them done by being blind to the fact that. Decasia isnt so much a movie, more an endurance test. He is a director and editor, known for dawson city. It is about as far away from a mainstream blockbuster as the world of film is likely to get, composed as it is entirely of neglected film stock that has decayed over time.
The mesmerist 2003, 16, light is calling 2003, 8, decasia. Decasia is a 2002 american found footage film by bill morrison, featuring an original score by michael gordon. Now released on dvd by the british film institute, decasia was accompanied on. For the past twenty years, bill morrison has been mining film archives, resurrecting decaying nitrate. Brief descriptions and expanded essays are available for many. Sort films by title, year of release, and year inducted into the registry by using the up and down arrows at the top of each column. Decasia was screened at the 2002 sundance film festival. Morrison found the footage that makes up decasia in various archives. Decasia is primarily compiled from a wealth of old and damaged footage, in which the scratches, scraped emulsion, bubbles.
Decasia seems hindu in its awesome spectacle of violent flux. Frozen time 2016, the great flood 20, the miners hymns 2011, spark of being 2010, light is calling 2004 and decasia. Bill morrison composed decasia 2002 as a decomposing homage to fantasia 1940. The film is a meditation on old, decaying silent films. Fantasia 2000, morrisons film is an astonishingly unique cinematic experience. Morrison was present on both nights to introduce the films and respond to. Complete national film registry listing film registry.
1043 786 1219 1531 182 1025 1087 524 1569 805 394 404 1113 436 943 1160 402 562 886 804 154 1297 1431 197 1236 549 1105 100 1279 252 391 1072 400 139 1195 49 932 994 971 345 877 92 698 1442 1264