Avant Garde/Arthouse

GOD AND THE EVIL

Framed between Nietzsche’s story of “The Madman with the Lamp”, there are two sets of polarities governing this film – the distinction between God and Man, and between Good and Evil. With the film-maker cast in the role of Lucifer, the result is a powerful assembly of words, images and locations which combine to allow the viewer to reflect on the great opposing forces which have exercised human thought for millennia.

K.L. (WE LIVE IN THE DREAMS OF OUR FATHERS)

Kuala Lumpur airport is an architectural folly on the grand scale.
Rumsey takes us on an extended “trolley ride”, but is there a way out?

THE MOONLIGHT COMB

It’s 1974. Rumsey takes five colleagues, costumes and props, to the rugged landscape of Wester Ross in Scotland. Living in an isolated cottage they attempt to film an Ernest Bramah story set in a mythical, medieval China. In this amusing and idiosyncratic film we watch as the film-maker strives to get his cast to perform. Dogged by every conceivable calamity, the production collapses after four weeks but not all is lost – just as in the Bramah story, what appears to be misfortune, ends up a blessing – and the project is saved by the humour of the cast.

LONDON 1968

8mm film blown up to 16mm with a Black and White positive and Colour positive printed together, but out step.
The telecined video is then slowed down resulting in an eerie and oppressive piece.

WINDOWS

Made in collaboration with Dennis Gray, “Windows” explores the inner space of a man staring at the world from his armchair. In a landscape of alienation and fear, the central character is on a quest – within himself.

SWEET SIXTEEN

A fragment of film from Rumsey’s epic “7 Years” (1971-1978).
In this piece multiple layers of film have been printed together to provide an oppositional framework to the content.
Originally shot in Standard 8mm, this material was transfered to 16mm Colour reversal with mag stripe sound.