Slow Action
Synopsis
Slow Action applies the idea of island biogeography - the study of how species and eco-systems evolve differently when isolated and surrounded by unsuitable habitat - to a conception of the Earth in the distant future, when the sea level has risen to absurd heights, forming new isolated archipelagos. Accounts from a great library of Utopias are read by two voices.
Details
- Year
- 2011
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running time
- 45 mins
- Format
- Anamorphic 16mm
- Director
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Ben Rivers
- Producer
- Ben Rivers
- Editor
- Ben Rivers
- Screenwriter
- Mark von Schlegell
- Director of Photography
- Ben Rivers
- Sound
- Ben Rivers
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Picture This
Mardyke Ferry RoadSpike Island
Bristol
BS1 6UU
UK
Tel: + 44 (0)117 925 7010
Fax: + 44 (0)117 925 7040
Sales Company
LUX
18 Shacklewell LaneLondon
E2 0PB
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7503 3980
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