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Haunting underwater portraits of people are juxtaposed with archival films of war and atrocities in this stylized film collage. Passage deals with the poetic and the terrible, with innocence and corruption. Taking its cues from the ethereal music of Gustav Holsts's Neptune, the aqueous portraits allow each person's vulnerable core to surface, exposing a deep primal innocence. Simultaneously, wars are waged, brutalities committed, and the worst of the human race evolves. But in this sea of humanity, all is not lost to the corruption of the human spirit. Passage made its world premiere (as a silent film) in Film Harmonic, a program of short films and live orchestral accompaniment, performed by the Oregon Symphony, Portland, 2001. |
| "One of the most elegant and magical films I've seen in a long time. The underwater people are totally mysterious and compelling." |
| -Bill Plympton |
| "An eerily beautiful rumination on the passage between birth and death." |
| -Bill Smith, Willamette Week |
running time: 11 minutes
credits:
directed
& produced by Chel White
editor
- Cam Williams
director
of photography - Mark Eifert
sound design
- Lance Limbocker
music manipulation
- Timothy Stollenwerk
digital colorist
- Jim Barrett
project advisor
- Christine M. Toth
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project was originally commissioned by the Oregon Symphony and produced through the Northwest Film Center / Portland Art Museum. Additional funding provided by the Regional Arts and Culture Council (Portland, Oregon). Passage was made possible by a generous donation
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