A man watches his music literally decay into silence while the world falls apart twice.
As the 20th anniversary of 9/11 looms near, William Basinski contemplates the enduring legacy of 'The Disintegration Loops' (his elegy to the 2001 Attacks), while quarantined in the midst of COVID-19.
Direction
Wexler lets decay speak louder than exposition.
Sound
The loops themselves—cassette death as composition.
Director
David Wexler
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Basinski finished the original Loops on September 11, 2001, and listened to them watching the smoke from his Brooklyn roof.
The 2021 film's COVID framing was shot in real-time—Wexler pivoted when lockdown began, making the documentary itself a disintegrating loop.
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