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Luke Neher, Neher, Luke + Gill, Sam

Scream

Doc. expérimental | 4k | couleur et n&b | 47:50 | Australie | 2021

A first person journey through the psychic residue of a post-terror world. An essay film about death drive, fantasy and globalisation. Structured around three infotainment news broadcasts (a rollercoaster, a hijacking, and an influencer) and soundtracked by pulsating electronics, 'Scream' deals equally in satire and dread. Capitalism, imperialism and desire are all implicated in a nihilism that has seeped from the news into the social psyche.

Melbourne filmmakers and musicians Sam Gill and Luke Neher have been producing audiovisual works together for over a decade. Their films blend digital video, found footage, text, and electronic sound; switching between modes of narrative, essay film, documentary, horror and satire. Their work unearths the shared unconscious anxieties that connect disparate slices of mass media. ?The pair have screened works at Mutek Montréal, Melbourne Music Week, ACMI Cinema, Mass MoCA, MONA's Dark Mofo, Asolo Art Film Festival, Experiments In Cinema, Digital Art Zurich and more.