A 20-minute film about meaning that becomes the thing it's about. Meta-madness from Canada.
What begins as an enquiry on things that mean other things itself becomes a thing that means other things, too. And whatever exactly that thing is, the latest by one of Canada’s most ingenious auteurs is another astounding feat of cerebral and cinephilic dexterity.
Direction
Cockburn's structural games are genuinely ingenious.
Writing
Dense, playful, and actually funny if you surrender to it.
Editing
The argument folds in on itself with surgical precision.
Director
Daniel Cockburn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cockburn belongs to a rich Canadian tradition of structural filmmaking, alongside names like Michael Snow and Atom Egoyan.
The 'annotations' version includes on-screen commentary—watching it without them is essentially a different film.
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