Lifeline (2002, Víctor Erice). Un poema cinematografico sul tempo

BRUNI, DAVID

2015-01-01

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Abstract

The paper proposes an analysis of the short Lifeline (2002), directed by Víctor Erice. Erice images cinema as “eminent temporal art” because it is capable of containing time materially, incorporating the duration of any fact represented. He also believes that film language is similar to poetry in order to the mutual capacity to speak to the emotional sphere, searching for an intimate dialogue. Lifeline is marked by a fragmented assembly and a system of punctuation that multiply similarities and suggestions existing between different shots, almost as if they were like lines of a poem. The short offers different ideas of time (“primordial”, chronological, working day and relax, historical landmark) which end with intersecting each other.