THE SILENCE OF GREEN

Country of production: Austria
Year: 2002
Language: English
Mins: 48

Concept and realization: Andreas Horvath
Cinematographer: Andreas Horvath
Music: Samuel Barber
Editing: Andreas Horvath
Sound: Andreas Horvath
Producer: Andreas Horvath
Source:
Sixpack Film
407 Storms Road
Valley Cottage, NY 10989, USA
amovie@earthlink.net

A film of profound emotional force, made with the most minimal and imaginative means, and about a very unusual subject. As hoof-and-mouth disease ravished northern Yorkshire in 2001, Andreas Horvath arrived from Austria with a Super8 camera and a non-sync audio recorder. He shot images of the landscape, its animals, and, from a distance, some of its people - especially the government officials who were taking over the area and eviscerating livestock populations. Horvath also recorded conversations, church services, and other events. Gradually, a sinister explanation for the destruction of the animals emerges. Horvath later combined the images and sounds, and married them with stirring music by Samuel Barber. The resulting work is a devastating study of a landscape, its animals, and its people.

Andreas Horvath (born in 1968, in Salzburg, Austria) is a photographer and filmmaker. He makes short experimental films and documentaries. In 1993, he published a black and white photo book on the American Midwest, the so-called "Heartland." His book on Yacutia, Siberia was published in 2003.

filmography as director
THIS AIN'T NO HEARTLAND (2003)
THE SILENCE OF GREEN
POROEROTUS (1999)
CLEARANCE (1998)

Director Andreas Horvath in person!

Monday 12-Apr-2004 7:00 PM Gallery Theatre screening with POROEROTUS
Wednesday 14-Apr-2004 7:00 PM Gallery Theatre screening with CLEARANCE