the quarry

the quarry (2002)

November 16th, 20020h 4min

70%

Overview

the quarry is a silent document of five minutes in the presence of the sublime. This small, quiet 16mm film serves as a testament both to cinema’s failure to reproduce the lived moment and to its success in replacing that moment with one that is equally wondrous.


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