Concerning Flight: Five Illuminations In Miniature(2004)
A kinematographic film comprised of five brief fictions in which the mystery of insect flight is explored. Interpretations of a mythological and fantastical nature are illuminated in motion and time. Includes: Thin Breath-quivering, Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, Departure from the Garden, Conjuring Forth the Firefly and Keepers of the Labyrinth.
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A kinematographic film comprised of five brief fictions in which the mystery of insect flight is explored. Interpretations of a mythological and fantastical nature are illuminated in motion and time. Includes: Thin Breath-quivering, Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, Departure from the Garden, Conjuring Forth the Firefly and Keepers of the Labyrinth.
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2004-07-14
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