Movie Details
Theatrical Release:August 9th, 1999
Original Language:English
Salute (1999)
25 minAug 9th, 1999
SALUTE the first installment of Bruce Baillies proposed threepart final film MEMOIRS OF AN ANGEL chronicles in collage form the legendary filmmakers time in the Navy and beyond The subsequent installments NIGHT and LIGHT are still worksinprogress A few of the thematic elements Introduction of the element of illusion MY LAST MASQUERADE Imagery of war in the form of documentary footage film and the author recording himself selfconsciously in uniform One cannot here avoid an implicit reference to the Bhagavad Gita the warrior Arjuna and Lord Krishna in Dharma combat on the battlefield as metaphor for the human dilemma in confrontation with the world of timespace illusion of opposites and the attachment to the merely transient Marcel Joyeux Lillumination
DirectorBruce Baillie
