Fresh
Decasia is what has happened already to so many silent movies, newsreels and the like. The unexpected thing is that its dying, in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia, is quite beautiful.
Anita Gates, New York Times
Decasia: The State of Decay
2002 · 1h 10m · Not Rated
Documentary
Directed by
Bill Morrison
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Decasia: The State of Decay
Overview
A meditation on the human quest to transcend physicality, constructed from decaying archival footage and set to an original symphonic score.
Director and cast
- Bill Morrison Director
- Tsuru Aoki as Self - Geisha (archive footage)
- Julia Calhoun as Self - Old Angry Woman (archive footage)
- William S. Hart as Self - Cowboy (archive footage)
- Eddie Lyons as Self - Laughing Clerk (archive footage)
- Margaret Cullington as Self - Maggie Jiggs (archive footage)
- Marc McDermott as Self - Judge (archive footage)
- Mary Pickford as Self (archive footage)
- Pearl White as Self - Laughing Woman (archive footage)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
87%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The film is a fierce dance of destruction. Its flame-like, roiling black-and-white inspires trembling and gratitude.
J. Hoberman, Village Voice
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