Karaoke

Donigan Cumming calls Karaoke a "moving still". In fact, the motion in the three-minute shot that this film consists of almost comes to a halt. In close-ups, Cumming shows the face of an old man lying stiffly on a bed, his eyes closed. He swallows with great effort. The camera then moves slowly along his body to his feet, then back to his face . The man swallows again, and it is only then that the viewer notices that this second segment of the shot is the same as the first, only now running backwards. The shot has come full circle, and the back and forth motions override each other. Thus the continuously advancing filmic image reveals itself to be an optical illusion. Cumming also calls filmic representation into question in the relationship between image and sound . When the camera zooms into the open mouth, a song can be heard from off-camera as if the old man were singing karaoke, yet his lips do not move.

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Karaoke regisserades av Donigan Cumming. I en av huvudrollerna ses Nelson Coombs.

Med en speltid på 0 timmar och 3 minuter är Karaoke en produktion från Canada. Originalspråket är engelska. På Filmotek uppdaterar vi löpande var du kan streama, hyra eller köpa Karaoke i Sverige.