THE CINEMA OF ERNIE GEHR, PROGRAM 3

Side/Walk/Shuttle (1991). The initial inspiration for the film was an outdoor glass elevator and the visual, spatial and gravitational possibilities it presented me with. The work was also informed by an interest in panoramas, the urban landscape, as well as the topography of San Francisco. Finally, the shape and character of the work was tempered by reflections upon a lifetime of displacement, moving from place to place and haunted by recurring memories of other places I once passed through.-E. G. (41 mins, Color)

This Side of Paradise
(1991). Sounds and images were recorded at the Polish flea market, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, autumn 1989, a few days before the Berlin Wall came down. An uneasy, almost sort of carnival atmosphere pervaded the place and, like some magical crystal ball, reflected both the past and the future.-E. G. (14 mins, Color)

Passage
(1991–2003). Premiere! Nothing extraordinary. Just a ride on the S-Bahn (elevated train) through a small section of what used to be East Berlin. An anxious journey fraught with projections. A ride very much in the present, but due to history and family history, also a journey into and out of time.-E. G. (15 mins, Color)

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