Bitings and other Effects | short dance
S16mm, Zeiss Primes | optical blow-up to 35mm
director: Clara van Gool
Inspired by the Southern Italian tarantella dance, in which the bite of the tarantula spider produces alternating fits of sleep and frantic dancing. Two men and three women are overcome with searing pain and an irresistible urge to dance.
Awards: Golden Calf, best short film, Nederlands Film Festival, 1995 | Le Nombre d'Or, IBC Widescreen Festival, Amsterdam 1996 | Prix de la creation de l'office national du Canada, 15e Int. Festival du film sur l'art, Montreal 1997
Shot on location in Palermo, Sicily
S16mm, Zeiss Primes | optical blow-up to 35mm
director: Clara van Gool
Inspired by the Southern Italian tarantella dance, in which the bite of the tarantula spider produces alternating fits of sleep and frantic dancing. Two men and three women are overcome with searing pain and an irresistible urge to dance.
Awards: Golden Calf, best short film, Nederlands Film Festival, 1995 | Le Nombre d'Or, IBC Widescreen Festival, Amsterdam 1996 | Prix de la creation de l'office national du Canada, 15e Int. Festival du film sur l'art, Montreal 1997
Shot on location in Palermo, Sicily