THE SILENCE OF GREEN
Original language title: [same]

Country of production: Austria
Year: 2002
Language: English
48 mins.

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.

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

Andreas Horvath was born in Salzburg, Austria in 1968. He studied photography in Vienna and Multimedia art in Salzburg. He has since published several photography books and made several independent films including WIENZEILE (1995), CLEARANCE (1998), AIDS-HILFE SALZBURG (1999), POROEROTUS (2002).

Saturday, March 29
5pm
Facets Cinematheque
Screening with LOSS, AMERICAN DREAMS #3, and AMERICA CROSSING