At
Present
18 minutes
16mm
1990
"What's
involved in love?—power, control—is that what we're
talking about?"
This film is about
love - relations between men and women, conversations in the air.
Men are heard in voice-over speaking a love-talk which is personal,
though anonymous, or singular. Another voice-over reads parables,
which present a context for the possibility of love or spirit in
the world at large. The film ends optimistically: a smile slowly
spreads on a man's face. Women addressing men in their own voices.
"He stored
the Divine Light in a vessel, but the vessel, unable to contain
the Holy Radiance, burst, and its shards, permeated with sparks
of the Divine, scattered through the Universe." (Adele Wiseman)
In the Collection of: The National Gallery of Canada
At Present credits
Producer/Director/Writer: Barbara Sternberg
Length: 18 minutes
Year of Production: 1990
Music and Sound: Rainer Wiens and Barbara Sternberg
Country of Production: Canada
Exhibition format: 16mm
Preview format: vhs
Available from:
Canadian Filmmakers' Distribution Centre
telephone: 416-588-0725, e-mail: bookings@cfmdc.org
web: www.cfmdc.org
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