Having been one of the first to list a film featuring
trains (my 1984 film, KEEP MOVING) without any
context, let me add this:
I used trains passing through the screen as I used two
characters, walking and running through the visual
field (and looking offscreen) to address what was
offscreen (which we, as viewers don't know).
The camera stays fixed on the bottom of a dead-end
street, "seeing" trains and people pass through and no
reason is given for any of it.
I was inspired at the time by the films of Miklos
Jancso, whose empty landscapes became pregnant with
expectation of a horse and rider suddenly cantering in
(galloping?) after only a few repeats of that
happening.
I found it fascinating that the emptiness of the
landscape could call up such expectations regarding
what we (the viewers) could not see and so I used
trains and characters in some slightly similar way to
articulate the relationship of this little street
dead-end to the rest of the world.
- Rohesia
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Rohesia Hamilton Metalfe
http://www.panix.com/~hamiltro
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