Between the Lights

Between the Lights
Between the Lights

1975, Netherlands, 16mm, colour, sound, 9 min.

A film made with hand coloured black and white photographs. We see a sensual woman in an imaginary space. The film-makers play with perspective, still-photography versus animated movement, and black & white versus colour. They continually cross the thin line between reality and imagination. Even the view through the windows is a landscape introduced by the artists. The space is organized in a geometric way but at the same time it seems to breath and move, connecting it with the sensuality of the woman. The film echoes the metaphysical paintings by the Greek painter De Chirico, with a similar enigmatic, brooding mood.