Forms are not self-subsistent substances

Synopsis

“And indeed the question which was raised of old and is raised now and always, and is always the subject of doubt, viz. what being is, is just the question, what is substance?”– Aristotle, Metaphysics VII,1028b 2-4.

Flesh, blood, milk and meat are the subject of a film which tries to get inside “substance” via medieval imagery. An attempt to explore “what things are” through juxtaposing bestiary illuminations, Romanesque carvings, medieval bells and living things, throwing into relief the strangeness and violence of being

Details

Year

2010

Type of film

Shorts

Running Time

22 mins

Format

16mm

Director

Samantha Rebello

Genre

• Animation
• Woman Director

Production status

Complete

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Last updated 8th March 2012