A 15-minute fever dream where light itself becomes the protagonist.
Short film by Paul Clipson.
Cinematography
Light bleeds, smears, and forgets what it illuminates.
Editing
Clipson's signature superimposition—images ghost into each other.
Director
Paul Clipson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Clipson was the projectionist at the San Francisco Cinematheque for years—this is cinema eating itself.
The title refers to a California river; the film behaves like water—reflective, moving, impossible to grasp.
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