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A Sense of the Past

A Sense of the Past

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A Sense of the Past

1967

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This is a short film description of a room, and the way light (coming through a window) illuminates papers on a desk. An attempt to use color, camera movement and editing to transform everyday surroundings

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Directed by: Fred Camper

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