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Like a Dream That Vanishes

Directed by Barbara Sternberg
Canada, 2000 (experimental, 39 minutes, colour)
Like a Dream That Vanishes
Image: © Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre

Film Description:
"Like a Dream That Vanishes continues my work in film both thematically and formally: the ephemerality of life echoed in the temporal nature of film, as the stuff of life echoed on the energy, life-force in rhythmic light pulses. (Your life is like a candle burning.) Imageless emulsion is inter-cut with brief shots of natural elements and mise-en-scene of the stages of human life: a little boy runs and falls; teens hang out together at night smoking; sun shines through tree branches; men pace, waiting; flashes of lightning; an elderly man speaks philosophically about miracles. The movement between form and formlessness, appearing and withdrawing, creation and dissolution (death) are felt. The film image, as the reality behind it, is not quite graspable."
-- Barbara Sternberg (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by: Barbara Sternberg
Produced by: Barbara Sternberg
Music: Rainer Weins
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Notes about Like a Dream That Vanishes

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