Cinematheque . Film Schedule . A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness
Estonia, France, Germany | 2013 | Ben Rivers, Ben Russell
This collaboration between two major contemporary experimental filmmakers is a triptych exploring the possibility of utopia and transcendence in the postmodern era. Musician Robert A. A. Lowe (Lichens) plays an unnamed character who is seen at an Estonian island commune, then living alone in the majestic Finnish wilderness, then as a black metal singer at an orgiastic Norwegian rock club. “An art film that’s as uncompromising as it is uncommercial…Will prove fascinating for those willing to be carried away by its gorgeous sights and sounds of nature, of merrymaking and music and its free-association approach to narrative and meaning.” –Hollywood Reporter.
Cleveland premiere. Blu-ray. 98 min.
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