The Modernist, the 20 18 Film

20 18 is a 22 minute movie containing 800 photographs about a frustrated artist who, unable to buy their own home, starts burning down beautiful houses. And i believe that this is also, this film is also in conversation with another film that preceded it, that was also created with still photographs. Yes, that would be chris marker's film, lagete, which was made pretty much after you and i were both born. It was made in 19 62. The biggest sphere in 19 62 was a nuclear obliteration in relationship to the cold war. Ah, you have to think about the cuban missile crisis and other things that were happening historically at that moment of time. So using my good