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this is a story.(SHORT TAKES)
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Take One
- Article date:
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September 1, 2005
- Author:
- McSorley, Tom
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2005 4mins prod Picture Plant, p/d/sc/narr William D. MacGillivray, ph Kent Nason, ed Christopher Cooper; with Joseph Rutten, Morgan Salter (voice).
Nova Scotia-based director William D. MacGillivray's (Life Classes, Understanding Bliss, et al) latest work is a short film as startling in its simplicity as it is vertiginous in its thematic possibilities. As the camera passes slowly over a naked male body (Rutten) lying perfectly still upon a deep black background, MacGillivray's voiceover speaks eloquently about the body, time, memory, identity and the imperative of narrative. "We are all longing for light in the darkness," he intones, and so, he continues, we sing songs, ...