Black Tower, The
by Smith, John
- Duration
- 24
- Screens
- 1
- Funder
- Arts Council of England/Great Britain
Narrator of the film is haunted by a mysterious black tower which seems to appear everywhere. "In The Black Tower, we enter the world of a man haunted by a tower which, he believes, is following him around London. While the character of the central protagonist is indicated only by a narrative voice over which takes us from unease to breakdown to mysterious death, the images, meticulously controlled and articulated, deliver a series of colour coded puzzles, games, puns, and jokes which pull the viewer into a mind teasing engagement. Smith's assurance and skill as a filmmaker undercuts the notion of the avant garde as dry, unprofessional and dull and in The Tower we have an example of a film which plays with the emotions as well as the language of film". Nik Houghton, 'Independent Media'
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