• Feb 01, 2004
  • 11 min
  • Full-HD

We Have Decided Not to Die (2004)

Three wordless rituals: birth, between, and rebirth. A woman lies at the bottom of a swimming pool, alone. The camera pans her body. She starts to rise, then sinks; convulsions follow and then she rises and hovers above the pool. A shirtless man in white pants stands in an asphalt lot, a car visible on either side. Convulsions begin. The cars back up, still facing him and each other. They pause; they race toward him. He leaps. A youth, shirtless and in white shorts, stands in front of a tall building. Doors open, he enters and walks to an elevator. Convulsions strike him as he rides to a top floor, exits the elevator, pauses, and runs toward a window. He crashes through.

Category
Country
Australia
Companies
Australian Film Commission

Kasia Werstak

Ritual 1

Daniel Askill

Ritual 2

Jordan Askill

Ritual 3

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