Triste (1996)
19m
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December 5, 1996Release Date
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Triste is an indication of the level of cinema language that I have been working towards. By delicately shifting the weight and solidity of the images, and bringing together subject matter not ordinarily associated, a deeper sense of impermanence and mystery can open. The images are as much pure-energy objects as representation of verbal understanding and the screen itself is transformed into a “speaking” character. 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. N. D.
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Release DateDecember 5, 1996
StatusReleased
Running Time19m
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Triste is a 1996 American avant-garde short film directed by Nathaniel Dorsky. It is the first in a set of "Four Cinematic Songs", which also includes Variations, Arbor Vitae, and Love's Refrain.
In an effort to make use of footage he had shot as far back as the 1970s, Dorsky began editing the film in 1990 and spent five years assembling it. After premiering at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Triste was included in the 1997 New York Film Festival. It helped establish the film form Dorsky has used in his subsequent work—a polyvalent montage built from unobtrusive shots showing everyday scenes.