On the occasion of an ambitious retrospective of the work of Teo Hernández at MOMA, which opens tomorrow, Ultra Dogme’s own Maximilien Luc Proctor delves into Hernández’s diaries and films. Illuminating the vivacious and free-spirited life and perspective of one of cinema’s most soul-stirring scapegraces.
Dancing Towards Oblivion – The Cinema of Teo Hernández
“I was thinking about the movement of my films that seem to shake in a dream linked to the movements of oblivion: it is an agitated, hallucinated movement, a relentless swing… The shaken film emerges from these bruises: from a confrontation between the filmmaker and oblivion. The theme of my films is oblivion, which is why it is inexpressible.” – Teo Hernández
UDVFF 11: Agitated Meditation
Editor’s Note: Welcome to the eleventh program of our Virtual Film Festival, which offers a weekly watching schedule of moving image works available for free streaming. Previous programs […]