THE REPUBLIC · EPISODE FIVE · FORMS OF BLOOD · ALL EPISODES
THE DIALECTIC KEY & THE GUN CALLED PRAGMATISM
A narrator tells the story. The characters are figures cut from archival films, each first shown where the archive found it, then lifted onto one stage to speak the screenplay's lines. The archive speaks as the Republic's citizens, in their own pictures and voices.
THE CAST, AS FOUND
CUFFSas found in [Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 3) (Part II) · 1939
TEXas found in Back of the Mike · 1938
IMMORTALas found in [Amateur film: Parade of Krewe of Rex, New Orleans, February 25, 1941] · 1941THE SCORE · D-A-E · HONED FOR FILM, CHOSEN BY WHAT EACH MOVEMENT SAYS AND SHOULD FEEL
Wai Lana Layover (Anakena Tuning) · tension and suspense, cinematic strings
Snowbound Umeå Cabin · glitchy electronic, dreamy ambient
Compass Spin in Heavy Fog · dreamy ambient, lonely desert
Conquerors of the Useless · cinematic strings, wonder and awe
The Geezer's Stride · dreamy ambient, glitchy electronic