A collaborative deconstruction/destruction of a Battleship Potemkin 35mm trailer created with nearly 80 collaborators through the mail during lockdown. Each person was sent half-second long strips of the film to manipulate in any way they wanted. Once returned, the film strips were spliced together in a new sequence creating a chance-driven score from the optical soundtrack. A messy experiment in montage and cut up techniques made by a diverse cast of artists, friends and loved ones.
A film by Justin Clifford Rhody in collaboration with (in alphabetical order): Hali Autumn, Craig Baldwin, Abby Banks, Roger Beebe, Neil Blakemore, Will Bruce, Anthony Buchanan, Lori Canada, Andrew Chadwick, Chouser, Stephany Colunga, Beth Cooper, Grant Corum, Michael Cruz, E Daley, Anya Davidson, Bryan Day, Natalee Decker, Colleen Donaldson, Vince Donovan, Lucy Dougherty, Dave Easlick, Christian Filardo, Dorey Fox, Sam Gaskin, Anita Gay, Dena E. Goldsmith-Stanley, Carlos Gonzalez, David Graves, Joshua Harper, Jake Head, Glenn Hendrick, Matthew Himes, Nathan Hollis, Robin Hustle, Zach Ippen, Will Isenogle, Jeffrey Jefferson, Kait Jensen, Levi Jensen, Megan Jones, Adam Keith, Jeremy Kennedy, Jay Kreimer, Stephany Lister, Mel Lister, Marissa Magic, Zak Marmalefsky, John McCormick, Taylor McGraw, Thomas Meluch, Lane Milburn, Megan Mirro, Lee Noble, Max Nordile, Jeff Offman, Eric Ostrowski, Selen Ozturk, Ali Padgett, Ben Phelps-Rohrs, Christopher Pierce, Frankie Polman, Adrian Saenz, Adam Schachner, Linda Scobie, Abigail Smith, Justin Smith, Vinnie Smith, Mike Stoltz, Andrew Storrs, Sean Sunderland, Swampy, Rebekah Teague, Bridget Venuti, Josh Vidal, Carrie Vinarsky, John Wheatley & Keith Wright.
This film was created with support from the Interbay Cinema Society Lightpress grant.
2022 / 1 min 35 sec / color / optical sound / 35mm to 4K Digital
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