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“With the cock of a hammer and a cloud of smoke, everything will change.”
A drifter and an outlaw confront their past at Desperado's Duel. The two men's dark history leave their lives hanging in the balance.
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
"This piece, with the generic title Film, is a series of short videos built around one protocol: a snippet of news from a newspaper of the day, is rolled up and then placed on a black-inked surface. On making contact with the liquid, the roll opens and of Its own accord frees itself of the gesture that fashioned it. As it comes alive in this way, the sliver of paper reveals Its hitherto unexposed content; this unpredictable kinematics is evidence of the constant impermanence of news. As well as exploring a certain archaeology of cinema, the mechanism references the passage of time: the ink, whether it is poured or printed, is the ink of ongoing human history." –Ismaïl Bahri
A hitman is tasked to take out ex-mobsters when he suddenly hears a voice that questions his morality.