Oblivion (1969)
Audience Score
DirectorTom Chomont
6 minJan 1st, 1969
Plot
Approximately thirty images comprise Oblivion Most obsessively repeat themselves Although the images appear to be solarized the film was actually contactprinted combining high contrast black and white negative with a colour positive of the same image The high contrast accounts for the tendency of shots to flood Images in the film swell and contrast often disappearing into pure colour Oblivion employs extremely rapid cutting Some of the images last as briefly as two frames The fact that we see so few frames that a shot is representationally ambiguous or shown upside down and sideways often causes the viewer to project hisher own fantasies When Jean Genet was asked to what end he was directing his life he responded To oblivion JJ Murphy Reaching for Oblivion mikehoolboomcom
