The Politics Of Perception

“The most original film from the Northwest area, THE POLITICS OF PERCEPTION explores the paradoxes of communication and the very nature of film itself conceptually, progressing from movie reality to its utter abstraction. A maddeningly stimulating work.” James Broughton, Bellevue Film Festival “In THE POLITICS OF PERCEPTION a colour sequence from a Hollywood gangster movie illustrates the destruction of the image by the process itself. A member of the gang who does body work on people has made a mistake; he must be eliminated. Each time he appears and identifies himself, his speech and face have deteriorated a little more. There is an implacable logic, a Greek fate, which equates Tougas’ film with the toughest American production. Technically he has made a print from a print from a print up to the fiftieth generation until the soundtrack is a mere tattle and the screen a blank. One flashes at once to Watergate and the ‘cleaning’ of files.” Joan Lowndes, Artscanada