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Film notes for new LUX DVDGuy Sherwin, Short Film Series 1975 - 2014 -DVD available from www.lux.org.ukAvailable for the first time on DVD, Guy Sherwin's acclaimed ShortFilm Series, a unique collection of interconnected 16mm 3 minute filmsstarted in 1975. The series is held together by certain formalconsiderations: each film is three minutes long, i.e. the length of aroll of 16mm film, all films are b/w and silent, and the order inwhich they are shown is flexible. Apart from this there is a range ofimagery from portraiture to still life to travel. The films operate onthe border between movement and stillness, revealing their inner logicthrough an active engagement in looking.'100' reels of epiphanies, time-lapse studies, ordinary objects andscenes rendered strange and ambiguous.'Michael O'Pray'Sherwin's hallmark is the direct concentrated image which fullyexploits the tonal range of black and white stock. This control is notat all rigid, since its purpose is to capture in the shot a certainkind of freedom and chance in the visible world.'A.L.Rees'The uniform duration of the films, the overriding concern with light,time and corporeality, the relentless three-minute focus on a singlesubject or event, are common to all the films and provide a powerfulcumulative effect for the viewer. But on a deeper level, what bindsthese films together and gives them their enduring fascination is thedeeply human connection which Sherwin makes between his formalfilmmaking concerns and the subjects of his films. These films are allabout relationships - between light and darkness, light and camera,camera and subject, subject and filmmaker and viewer, all at once andplayed out not only on the screen but also in the mysteriousconjunction between the projected film and the viewer.'Andy DitzlerContentsMetronome, 1978Chimney, 1977Columns, 1977Cycle, 1978Yi Wei, 2011Mei, 2010Guy & Kai, 2013Candle & Clock, 1977Blink, 1977Window/Light, 2013Tree Reflection, 1997/8Cat, 1997/8Treeline, 1976Maya, 1978Window, 1976Breathing, 1978Light Leaves, 1978Eye, 1978Swimming, 1977Clouds & Wires, 1997/8Tree & Cloud, 1997/8Coots, 1997/8Cat on TV, 1977Handcrank Clock, 1976Gnats, 1997/8Night Train, 1978Tap, 1978Track, 1976Hand/ Shutter, 1976Clock & Train, 1978Portrait with Parents,1975Barn, 1978Wind & Water, 1980Piano, 2013DVD 5, PAL, Region 0, 98 mins, 4:3

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