1982-10-12 • 0h 12min
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.

Go West

Joker

Monkey Business

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid

Vermiglio

Cries and Whispers

Back to the Future

American Beauty

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

The Isle

Shutter Island

Poetry

Pierrot le Fou

Two Evil Eyes

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

Last Tango in Paris

The Piano Teacher

The Next Karate Kid

The Phantom of Liberty

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