(1001 Films)

Content: An ode to film preservation, it presents a night-time visit to a seemingly depopulated repository (presumably the Royal Film Archive of Belgium), juxtaposing a series of images of observation, reconstruction, and projection using film fragments - from the hand-painted, altered image frames of Georges Méliès' Kingdom of the Fairies to the iconic image of Louise Brooks - to turn the archive into a temporal wonderland of novel discoveries, hidden treasure, re-awakened curiosity, and critical re-assessment.

Countries:

Belgium

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

8 minutes

Year:

1989

Directors:

André Delvaux

Production companies:

Koninklijk Belgisch Filmarchief

Actors:

(archival)

Crews:

Director