The House That Eye Live In
MovieTitle | The House That Eye Live In |
User score | 4 |
Release date | Aug 12, 2014 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Steven McIntyre |
Production country | Australia |
Production companies | Urni Films |
Budget | $80 |
Run time | 52 min. |
Migrating by sea from Holland as an eight-year-old, Dirk de Bruyn went on to be a doyen of Australian experimental cinema. But as this intimate film reveals, his work is suffused with the trauma of migration, and the struggle to recognise himself as a ‘new Australian'. In conversation with documentarian Steven McIntyre, Dirk guides us through more than 40 years of his filmmaking: the early years exploring technique and technology, a subsequent phase of unflinching self-examination brought on by upheaval and overseas travel, and more recent projects where he attempts a fusion of personal, cultural, and historical identity. What emerges is an inspiring, rugged, and at times poignant portrait of an artist committed to self-expression and self-discovery through the medium of film.