Film
Ancient of Days
1982 · 12m
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- 6.2
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Overview
Ancient of Days is a remarkable series of "canons and fugues for video" that comprises Viola's most sophisticated structural and metaphorical explorations of time. Mathematical notations of precise time-code editing were applied to construct illustrations of temporal symmetry, duality and transposition — time-based equivalents of musical compositional principles such as counterpoint and serialism. Astonishing temporal interventions — a 180-degree pan gazing downward on a New York City street that progresses from day to night, an image of Mount Rainier in which the foreground and background unfold in different time planes — unfold as symbolic transformations of natural and urban landscapes.
Crew
- Bill ViolaDirector
- Kira PerovDirector of Photography
Details
- Release date
- October 12, 1982
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 12m
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