In the Air Tonight
Short Films and Mid-Lengths
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11m
Directed by Andrew Norman Wilson | 11 mins | 2020
An atmospheric standout of the Sundance and the New York Film Festival shorts programs, Andrew Norman Wilson’s "In the Air Tonight" unfurls a ghost story beneath the night skies of Michael Mann’s Los Angeles. The film recounts the apocryphal tale behind Phil Collins’ 1980 superhit “In the Air Tonight,” which, legend has it, should be told aloud as the song builds to its climactic drum break.
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