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...reflect the rising sun into the viewer's eyes, people hurry by on the street, and after a long stillness, a pallid hand emerges from a balcony, hangs out a towel, and quickly withdraws. The works are isolated in dimmed rooms or scattered around a large space. As you thread through a cryptlike corridor, the revving motors and shouts of Israeli Yael Bartana's Kings of the Hill hit you before the work itself: it's a record of teenagers racing old cars up and down Tel Aviv sand dunes well into the night. At times it's almost abstract...
...works are isolated in dimmed rooms or scattered around a large space. As you thread through a cryptlike corridor, the revving motors and shouts of Israeli Yael Bartana's Kings of the Hill hit you before the work itself: it's a record of teenagers racing old cars up and down Tel Aviv sand dunes well into the night. At times it's almost abstract, with headlights filling the screen and engines roaring. You could read some political message into the struggling cars, as you could into Turk Fikret Atay's Rebels of the Dance, which shows two boys dancing...
...both follow “Emergence” with messages about making the most of life. “Oh, Come On...” stresses the importance of group unity with a six-person cast, a strong disco beat, and innovative choreography. “Breaking the Last Thread,” a solo performance by Marin J.D. Orlosky ’07, tells the story of a woman struggling to survive despite great odds. Her graceful movements reflect the passion of the heroine of Tori Amos?...
...quite. One clear thread emerges: the need to tell stories about women. Nearly all the contributions focus on female characters. This alone makes the book a pleasure for both genders. Women will likely see parts of their own lives appear with a refreshing authenticity while men can enjoy a trip through the looking glass. Allison Cole, for example, turns in "Joe Blow," a creepy slice of life story about a perv who stalks a pair of roommates. Nearly every woman has some kind of scary harassment story but seeing one in comix form still comes as a shock. Another commonality...
Primer, the directorial debut of Shane Carruth, lacks any narrative thread, but essentially is a story about four broke, 30-something engineers who create a mysterious box in their garage that defies scientific rationality and seems to give them inexplicable control over life. Two members of the group, Aaron (Shane Carruth) and Abe (David Sullivan), decide to probe what potential their creation might have: They explore the commercial possibilities of time-travel for a few hours each day, encounter dreadful mishaps in a Scooby Doo-esque fashion and finally, things end quite badly, with the audience, plot and characters...