'Avalanche' is a film on
the Moment of Birth.
Although birth has
been treated many ways on film it is imagined here
from the point of view of the baby being born.
A lot of the film
was shot on Infra-Red sensitive film stock giving
the colours and textures an unreal feeling. The
sound track was mixed from separate sources
including in one instance a recording of a monitor
of the baby's heartbeat.
Each birth was
different, some babies fast to adjust to the new
environment others slower and requiring special
treatment.
All the births
shown were normal and the overall impression is one
of instinctive certainty as a contrast to the daily
routine of medical attention.
This Film was a
winner at Filmex Festival in Hollywood in 1977 and
was re-released in 2003 for Tiburon (San Francisco)
Film Festival, Ekotopfilm (Slovak Republic) and Tur
Ostrava (Czech Republic) in 2004.
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