Archive of films Bomb with a Man in His Shoe / The Bomb with a Man in His Shoe

United Kingdom
2005, 15 min

Section: Tribute to Ben Rivers
Year: 2014

The adventures of a shoemaker who lives in a tree. This impressionistic collage, a tribute to early cinematography, shows the cobbler at work, but also reflects some of Rivers’ stock topics, including an interest in inhabited spaces that have been marked by their owners.


Synopsis

In an impressionistic rush that combines patina-marked images of shoes made by hand with the attributes of a genre film, Rivers returns to a favorite topic: objects as the bearers of their history. Shots of the cobbler at work highlight the handcrafting process, yet entirely without indicating the need for perfection. In general, purposefulness and the absence of fantasy are unlike Rivers. Ambiguity is thus waiting in the wings, in this case references to genre movies, exemplified in part by image distortion reminiscent of an old horror movie.

Contacts

LUX
Waterlow Park Centre, Dartmouth Park Hill, N19 5JF, London
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 203 141 2960
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.lux.org.uk

About the film

Black & white, 16 mm

Section: Tribute to Ben Rivers
   
Director: Ben Rivers
Screenplay: Ben Rivers
Dir. of Photography: Ben Rivers
Editor: Ben Rivers
Producer: Ben Rivers
Contact: LUX

Guests

Ben Rivers

Film Director

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