In his search for a 'polyvalent' mode of filmmaking, Nathaniel Dorsky has developed a filmic language which is intrinsic and unique to the medium, and expressive of human emotion. Seeking wonder not only in nature but in the everyday interaction between people in the metropolitan environment, Dorsky observes the world around him. Free of narrative or theme, his films transcend daily reality and open a space for introspective thought. 'Delicately shifting the weight and solidity of the images', a deeper sense of being is manifest in the interplay between film grain and natural light. Dorsky returns to London to introduce two brand new films and Triste, the work that first intimated his sublime and distinctive 'devotional cinema'.
Mark Webber
Total running time c70min

Winter

USA 2007. Dir Nathaniel Dorsky. 19min.

'San Francisco's winter is a season unto itself. Fleeting, rain-soaked, verdant, a brief period of shadows and renewal.' Nathaniel Dorsky

Sarabande

USA 2008. Dir Nathaniel Dorsky. 15min.

'Dark and stately is the warm, graceful tenderness of the sarabande.' Nathaniel Dorsky

Triste

USA 1978-96 . Dir Nathaniel Dorsky. 19min.

'The 'sadness' referred to in the title is more the struggle of the film itself to become a film as such, rather than some pervasive mood.' Nathaniel Dorsky