Lynne Sachs: 10 Short Films, Volume 3 2008
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 1636 Bush St., Suite #2, SF, CA 94109; 415-447-9750
Produced by Lynne Sachs
Directed by Lynne Sachs
DVD, color and b&w, 62 min.
Sr. High - Adult
Art Films, Experimental Films, Media Art, Short Films
Date Entered: 09/10/2008
Reviewed by Sebastian Derry, Temple UniversityWith a painter’s eye, Sachs turns the camera on herself, her family, and her world, capturing seemingly ordinary moments, observations and thoughts, but in the process transforming them into brief, shining gems of quiet power and depth.
This third collection of her work, chronicles Sachs’ continuing development as an artist-filmmaker over the past twenty years. Rich in detail, deftly mixing formats, perspectives, and techniques (collage, split-screen) often within a single work, her style might be described as ”impressionistic visual poetry”.
The films in chronological order:
- Still Life With Woman and Four Objects, 4 mins. b& (16mm) 1986
- Following the Object to Its Logical Beginning, 9 mins. color (16mm) 1987
- Drawn and Quartered, 4 mins. color (16mm) 1987
- Window Work, 9 mins. color (video) 2000
- Photograph of Wind, 4 min. b& (16mm, silent) 2001
- Tornado, 4 min. color (video) 2002
- Atalanta Thirty-Two Years Later, 5 min. color (video) 2006
- Noa, Noa, 8 min. b& + color (16mm) 2006
- XY Chromosome Project, 12 min. color (film & video) 2006
- The Small Ones, 3 min. color (video) 2007
The DVD also includes a brief biography of Sachs. A preview of the DVD is available at the Microcinema website.
More about Lynne Sachs and her work can be found at her website.
Recommended for all libraries.