Bill Morrison on "Dawson City: Frozen Time"
Reassembly: The Films of Bill Morrison
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9m 44s
Directed by Metrograph | 9 mins | 2024
Filmmaker Bill Morrison discusses his film "Dawson City: Frozen Time," screening as part of "Reassembly: The Films of Bill Morrison"
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Dawson City: Frozen Time
Directed by Bill Morrison | 120 mins | 2016
In 1978, in Canada’s sparsely populated Yukon Territory, 533 nitrate film reels dating from the silent era were unearthed. From such a treasure trove, Morrison produced this freewheeling retelling of the history of a one-time boom town, making use of th... -
The Film of Her
Directed by Bill Morrison | 12 mins | 1996
“Morrison’s masterpiece may be… The Film of Her, a love lyric to cinema spun out of the true tale of a Library of Congress clerk, one Howard Walls, who in 1939 single-handedly prevented truckloads of the very earliest films from being burnt for space.”—S... -
Who By Water
Directed by Bill Morrison | 17 mins | 2007
A rumination on the concept of preordination made with silent archival footage of anonymous ship passengers.
