正在同步电影信息
Eachofthesixsubjects,LilyMcAlevey,MichaelQ.Schmidt,CarolHannanMulcahy,MichaelMallers(holdingtheyoungGavinMuckeyinhisarms),andLillianCentenoarefilmedinslowmotion,floatingupwardthendescendingdowntotheearth,wheretheybottomoutingravity'sclutch.Yeteachpersonismagicallystationary.Theydonotmoveaninch.Allthatmovesistheirskin,cellulite,muscles,bones,andexpression,creatingadisturbingyetbeautifulshiftinbodymassandemotion.Eventhebackgroundstaysperplexinglystill.Thetotaleffectisthatofamovingpainting.Thisslowmotionstudyrevealstheshockingeffectsofgravityuponourbody.Whatisnormallymissedintheblinkofaneye,ispoeticallyrecordedinextremeslowmotion,asgravitytakesholdandpullsthebodydowntoearth,causingtheskin,cellulite,musclesandfacialexpressiontosagdown,withaweariness,asifthesubjecthassuddenlyagedthirtyyears.Itappearslikeaspecialeffect,theforceripplesfromthelegsup,turningthebodywrinkledandsaggy,withaworn,olderfacethatisdefeatedanddepressed.Thentheexactoppositeeffectandemotionovercomesthesubjectastheyaremadeweightlessandsetfree.Weobservethebodybecomingyouthful,rejoicinginit'sexpressionandflawlessskintexture,asitsoarsawayfromtheearth.Allphysicalandemotionalexpressionsseemtofloateffortlesslyupwardinapositive,beautifuldirection.Thelightingandcolorpaletteiscreatedbyastrongheavenlytoplight,usedbyRenaissancemasters,whichdramaticallyexposesthefleshasifitweremovingbrushstrokesandreemphasizestherelationwiththeheavens,gravityandsheerweightoftheworld.Thisemotionalshiftfromoptimisticyouthtodepressedoldageprovokesaverystrong,emotionaleffect.Therefore,eachpersoninteractswithasimple,yetsymbolicpropinordertogainmoredepthintothisradicalemotionalshift.
