Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall) 2005    star_border 8
The ascent of the soul in the space after death as it is awakened and drawn up in a backwards flowing waterfall.

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The Raft 2004
A small crowd of people are gathered in wait when they are suddenly struck by a massive onslaught of water.

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I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like 1986    star_border 6.7
"I Do Not Know What It Is that I Am Like" juxtaposes images of animals, both wild and domestic, and natural environments with human activity as it takes place in an apartment, and during a fire walking ceremony in Fiji. Documentary-style footage is combined with staged events. Despite the piece's lack of a traditional narrative, it bears some relationship to nature works. The segment features material from "Il Corpo Scuro (The dark body)" - animals and natural environments are seen up close and at a distance.

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Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House 1983    star_border 5.3
Viola experimental short

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Anthem 1983    star_border 6.3
A series of shots depicting "America" are laid over a classic Gregorian Chant recreated through the distortion of a woman's screams.

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Hatsu Yume (First Dream) 1981    star_border 6.4
With a title referring to Japanese folklore, wherein things done on the first day of a new year are significant, the film - an ardent dream entirely shot in Japan - stands as a spiritual allegory equating light and dark with life and death.

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The Reflecting Pool 1979    star_border 5.6
Viola's seminal piece, The Reflecting Pool, was made three decades ago on analogue video tape and yet could easily pass for a contemporary digital piece; in it, Viola emerges as central protagonist from a thick forest into a clearing filled by an artificial pool. As the noise of an aeroplane slowly passes and fades overhead, Viola approaches the edge of the pool, whereby he removes his shoes, squats down yelling and then prepares to make a powerful jump.

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Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat) 1979    star_border 6.3
A documentary short in Chott el-Djerid.

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