Dawson City: Frozen Time
Reassembly: The Films of Bill Morrison
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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 the stranger-than-fiction stories, exhumed images, and an evocative score by Sigur Rós collaborator Alex Somers.
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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. -
Light Is Calling
Directed by Bill Morrison | 8 mins | 2004
Bang on a Can’s Michael Gordon lends his talents as composer to Morrison’s short "Light is Calling", which makes use of wistful, decayed footage from James Young’s 1926 film "The Bells".
