No. 5 Reversal (1989)

  • NR
  • 01/01/1989 (CA)
  • 9m

Overview

No. 5 Reversal opens with a close up sequence of two women in animated conversation, followed by an aural page/station structure. The film combines elements of horizontal and vertical montage in the soundtrack, using white noise, and radio static as a fragmentation device. The visually striking black and white photography weaves lyrical, pastoral nature with the de- and re- construction of civilization. No. 5 Reversal ends with a filmic signature, an image of its maker framed in front of a window against a backdrop of ruins.

Josephine Massarella

Writer, Director

Cast

Lorna Boschman's headshot

Lorna Boschman

Karen Stanley's headshot

Karen Stanley

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