Bill Morrison is carving a niche for himself as preserver/reappropriator of decayed and unloved film footage, using its very negligence with state-of-the-art printing processes to disturbing, moving, and beautiful looks into the photochemical process of cinema and narrative.
As time goes on his stock seems to be degrading more and more; Light is Calling is effectively less concrete than Decasia. He's still getting some good music accompaniment, and his movies are worth watching pretty much on the power of their scores alone. As further proof that you don't necessarily need drugs to enter psychedelic space, Light is Calling is a nice tidy playlength that will allow an appreciation of the imagery without starting to freak you out or make you paranoid (believe me, Decasia can take you to some awful places). Not that drugs are the point. But in the world of experimental cinema, sometimes you can end up seeing some really psychedelic stuff, and Bill Morrison is really good at that affection.
--PolarisDiB
As time goes on his stock seems to be degrading more and more; Light is Calling is effectively less concrete than Decasia. He's still getting some good music accompaniment, and his movies are worth watching pretty much on the power of their scores alone. As further proof that you don't necessarily need drugs to enter psychedelic space, Light is Calling is a nice tidy playlength that will allow an appreciation of the imagery without starting to freak you out or make you paranoid (believe me, Decasia can take you to some awful places). Not that drugs are the point. But in the world of experimental cinema, sometimes you can end up seeing some really psychedelic stuff, and Bill Morrison is really good at that affection.
--PolarisDiB
