幽灵地层

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  • Intheopeningsequence,agirlreadsthedirector’sTarotc… Intheopeningsequence,agirlreadsthedirector’sTarotcardsthatwillnamethesubjectofhisfilm:“yourrelationshipwithtime”.Butwhatelse?Thereareonlytwopitfallstoguardagainstwhenkeepingapersonaldiary,eitherwrittenorfilmed:narcissisticcomplacency–“thestrangeconvictionthatonecanobserveoneselfandthatonemustknowoneself”(Blanchot)–andtheimprecisecollectionofvagueimpressions.Thatbeingso,inbothcases,thelowliestandmostbanaldimensionoftimeisthatitjustgoesby.TheessentialbeautyofGhostStrataliesinitscommitmenttothediaryformbutwithacompletelydifferentexaminationoftime:specifictocinema,inthewayinwhichfilmmakerBenRiversconfrontsitsmystery,itspower…Whatstrataoftimedoeshaunttheimage;whatnon-linearformsanddimensionsoftimedoestheimagereveal?Riversdelvesintotheenigmabyarrangingasuccessionoffilmfragmentscollectedmonthaftermonthforayear.Hogarth’spaintingsdetailedbyabeamoftorchlight,themovementofbirdsinthemistyair,thefacesofamanandawomanmadeupasaprehistoriccouple:amobilecameraexaminesandexploreswhatisvisible,attentivetothesignsoftheghoststratathathauntpersonalexperience.FromafragmentofPessoa’swritingtotheamusedreadingofaGreekguidebook,Riversgrindsupanddistilsthemostdisparatematerialinhiseditinglaboratory.ThereisnothingseriousandformalinthisinvestigationintoChronosandhisenigmas:thediaryturnsouttobethesimpledisciplineofaplayfulandtinkeringappetiteforthesubstancesoftheimageandtheenergiestheyretain.(C.N.)

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