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White on White

White on White

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 22, 2021

Runtime

1h 14m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

80%

Original Title

Biela na bielej

Production Companies

Guča

Director

Viera Čakányová

Budget

$49,600

Description

'White on White' is director Viera Cákanyová's video diary that she kept while staying at the Polish Antarctic station, where in 2017 she shot the film 'FREM' (2019), whose main character was an artificial neural network. During her stay, the author chats with various artificial intelligences, leading conversations that touch on the nature of film, art, and the meaning of life while also revealing a way of thinking that's free from humanity and from an emotionality that forces deep introspection. Footage from her routine, everyday life at the station contrasts with lyrical images of the immaculate Antarctic nature, which the author complements with her own commentary and thoughts provoked by the loneliness of the ice-covered landscape.