The Time We Killed (excerpt)

3:40 excerpt from the 94 minute, 2004, 16mm film

poem in this excerpt written by Lisa Jarnot,
starring Lisa Jarnot

DESCRIPTION

“An agoraphobic writer retreats into the presumed safety of her New York City apartment, to be confronted with psychic travails triggered by overheard conversations about suicide in a neighboring apartment, televised images of the American invasion of Iraq, memories of September 11, and thoughts and dreams of childhood experiences, travel adventures, and former lovers. […] Present-moment scenes are interlaced throughout the film with more lyrical passages, which represent the flights of fancy of the protagonist’s internal world. Such moments are visually expressed by the filmmaker in more abstract fashion, through the use of dazzling images photographed on 16mm black-and-white film. The panoply of landmark experimental techniques, such as grainy and overexposed shots (photographed and optically manipulated by Reeves’ own hands), imbue this film with a rich and varied texture. A brilliant feature debut, The Time We Killed garnered a FIPRESCI Prize at the 2004 Berlin Film Festival.”
–Jon Gartenberg, Tribeca Film Festival