Decasia: The State of Decay
What can I say about this 70 minute film? It's not so much a film as it
is a symphony of light and sound. Decasia is what you get when you
combine decaying film stock and a score composed by Michael Gordon as
performed by the Basel Sinfonietta orchestra. This is visual poetry at
it's finest, the film uses decaying footage as an analogy for our
lives. Everything is temporal and eventually fades away. The music is
as haunting as the dying images on the screen, even more so because to
further enhance the mood Michael Gordon tried to make it as if
the instruments themselves were decaying like an out of tune piano for
instance. There is much more I wish to say about this film but the
truth is there isn't anything I can say. Only by watching this film
will you truly understand and appreciate it.
