A 7-minute film asking why we need films about films about films. Meta enough for you?
In a world bedazzled by intractable images, do we need the essay film now more than ever? Kevin B. Lee weighs up this distinctively self-aware, searching form of cinema through both video and text.
Editing
Rapid-fire montage collapsing film history into breathing argument.
Writing
Dense ideas delivered with conversational swagger.
Director
Kevin B. Lee
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kevin B. Lee pioneered desktop documentary aesthetics years before Zoom cinema became pandemic-era default.
The film's 7-minute runtime deliberately defies essay film tradition — Godard's Histoire(s) du cinéma demands 266 minutes.
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