The Broken Altar
MovieTitle | The Broken Altar |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Mar 10, 2013 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Mike Rollo |
Production country | Canada |
Run time | 20 min. |
[19:30 | 35mm (1.85) | Stereo Sound | 2013] The Broken Altar is a portrait of open-air theaters documented under the strange light of day, emptied of the once present hum of human voices, radioed-in soundtracks and tires on gravel. Scripting the landscape and exploring the residue of a cinematic history, The Broken Altar forms a sculptural treatment of the architectural artifacts of these abandoned and barren spaces: speaker boxes rise from tall grass like grave markers and the screens themselves are monumental, sepulchral in their peeling whiteness.