Brief Glimpses on the Way to Joy (Part 1)

Brief Glimpses on the Way to Joy (Part 1)

2020 · 19 min

A summing up of the spontaneous Super 8 filmmaking I have done over the past decade exploring nature, home, and friends using improvised distorting lenses, macro photography, and pixillation. I imagine that it would fit the film scholar P. Adams Sitney's definition of a " Quotidian Lyric". Music by 2 of my favorite percussion ensembles : Ensemble et. al. and TIGUE.

Directed by Rich Fedorchak

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Jodie Mack Herself
Marlis Spauchus Herself

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