Calypso's Cloak
- James Otis |
- 1986 |
- 2.5 minutes |
- COLOR |
- OPT
Rental Format(s): 16mm film
Linda Messenger Distad as Calypso/Melete.
The filmmaker courts the muse of computer art. At the gods' demand Calypso grants Odysseus freedom, but gives a cloak designed to drown. The melodic constriction of Schubert's "Das Wandern" paces an emerging imposition of grid upon randomness.