Rain

Magdalena Barthofer´s short film Rain shows rain falling, it presents the sound of rain falling, and nothing else. Rain at night. White dots are surrounded by black, they fall, away from the camera, away from me, and later white dots gradually turn into long lines as they fly towards me. The drops hit something, are met with resistance, which makes a sound. It´s not so much a patter as a chattering, and the rain also produces background noise. Rain is a representational film, and the subject of its representation is fleeting.
Rain belongs to the tradition of modern film. Light...