QUITE SOBERLY AND WITHOUT WINGS (2020)
short, experimental, 8mm b&w reversal film and UHD color digital, 18’, USA
regret, missed opportunities, recontextualization.
based on a 17-minute composition for violin, cello, piano, electric guitar, drum set, ancillary percussion, marimba, and recorded elements
Filmed in Buffalo, NY, Prague, CZ, and Chesapeake Bay, MD
CREDITS
filmed, edited, and music by nora marris
music recording + mixing by tim madden
violin sarah paster + nora marris
cello luke gray
electric guitar daniel sohn
piano jongwon roh + tim madden
marimba tim madden
drum set tom anderson
texts:
DAY FOR NIGHT (1973, dir. françois truffaut)
A SHORT FILM ABOUT LOVE (1988, dir. krzysztof kieslowski)
PATERSON (2016, dir. jim jarmusch)
THE LAST PICTURE SHOW (1973, dir. peter bogdanovich)
MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. LAWRENCE (1983, dir. nagisa oshima)
BEFORE SUNRISE (1995, dir. richard linklater)
TWO FOR THE ROAD (1967, dir. stanley donen)
COLUMBUS (2017, dir. kogonada)