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Variations (1998)

Variations poster
Directed by
Nathaniel Dorsky
Genre
drama
Country
United States
Runtime
24 min
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a short silent film. It uses images to create a poetic, song-like experience without words or traditional narrative.

meditativewordlessabstractcontemplativefilm-as-musicvisually poeticquiet

What happens

Variations is a 1998 American short silent avant-garde film directed by Nathaniel Dorsky. It is the second film in a set of "Four Cinematic Songs", which also includes Triste, Arbor Vitae, and Love's Refrain. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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