Come Closer
Synopsis
We are privy to their conversations, private moments and everyday occurrences in a piece that often makes for uncomfortable and even voyeuristic viewing.
Accompanied by the ambient music of Sigur Ros the city takes on a character of its own as we follow their lives from cradle to grave through an ever-changing landscape.
Come Closer is about change, the constant flux that happens to people and places, and how that change affects their relationships. Crossing boundaries of age, sex, class and religion, it causes the audience to reconsider the everyday in their own lives.
Details
- Year
- 2012
- Type of film
- Features
- Director
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Peter Mackie Burns
- Producer
- Marie Olesen
- Editor
- Bert Eeles
- Director of Photography
- Julia Bauer, Gerry Fox, George Geddes
- Sound
- John Cobban
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Autonomi
Studio 6333 Woodlands Road
Glasgow G3 6NG
UK
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