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“A Rent in the Veil” is a meditation on the elasticity of time, the mystery of an unfolding cosmos, and the endurance of wonder. From the mesmerizing drift of millennia found in Herzog’s caves, to the slow-motion transformations witnessed in Viola’s video art, A Rent in the Veil references an aesthetic that is more about contemplative introspection than any particular formal trope. The absence of tracking shots and close-up portraiture is reminiscent of Benning’s Small Roads, even as the animated text and soundtrack that weave through black and white imagery evoke passages that conjure the fledgling years of cinema.
Directed by Andrew Beckham (USA)