Twilight Made Manifest: The Films of Phil Solomon Program 2

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The significance of American filmmaker Phil Solomon’s body of work over the past thirty years is amplified by the artist’s mastery of imagery that truly straddles the film/digital divide. In his early work, Solomon favoured intricate artisanal methods, subjecting found footage to high degrees

of chemical processing and optically printing the results. This approach shifted significantly in 2005, when Solomon began to use the immersive videogame world of Grand Theft Auto as the setting in which to make his films.

This program, The Twilight Psalms, focuses on a series of films Solomon made. Its name a play on that of The Twilight Zone (and with each of its individual installments adopting the title of an episode from the television series), the ongoing Twilight Psalms is the centrepiece of Solomon’s oeuvre, showcasing some of Solomon’s most stunning employments of optical printing, with imagery ranging from Houdini’s walk across the falls to the pograms of the first two world wars.

First Hymn to the Night (dir. Stan Brakhage \ USA 1994 \ 3 min. \ 16mm)

Psalm I: “The Lateness of the Hour” (dir. Phil Solomon \ USA 1999 \ 10 min. \ 16mm)

Psalm II: “Walking Distance” (dir. Phil Solomon \ USA 1999 \ 23 min. \ 16mm)

Psalm III: “Night of the Meek” (dir. Phil Solomon \ USA 2002 \ 23 min. \ 16mm)

Psalm IV: “Valley of the Shadow” (dir. Phil Solomon \ USA 2013 \ 8 min. \ video)

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