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Chimera - Philip Hoffman (Canada, 1996, 16mm, 15:00 min)
“Chimera is
Hoffman’s most understated film that explores his two most common themes: death
and chaos. And it is perhaps his most immediate film dealing with frozen
moments, life transitions and fragments of memory. The shots are in constant
movement and it makes the image blurred a good portion of the time;
periodically, a readable moment will appear, just briefly, and then the
movement continues. It’s a statement in chaos at its most heightened state. The
world is blurry with only snatches of clarity—it’s moving fast with only
glimpses of calm. You never know exactly where you are or what is going on,
except for fleeting moments.”
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