The film is a five-part projection-based installation, which addresses the complexity of human existence through the themes of individuality, society, death and rebirth. Each video is projected directly onto the wall of the exhibition space, just as paint from a fresco adheres to the surface of a plaster wall.
Bill Viola
Director
Melina Bielefelt
Ambulance Driver (segment "First Light")
Robin Bonaccorsi
Performer (segment "The Deluge")
Rocky Capella
Performer (segment "The Deluge")
Ernie Charles
Boat Captain (segment "The Voyage")
Liisa Cohen
Performer (segment "The Deluge")
Eric Strickland
Rescue Worker (segment "First Light")
Chuck Hicks
Performer (segment "The Deluge")
John Fleck
(segment "The Voyage")
Cali T. Rossen
Executive Assistant (segment "The Deluge")
Bill Viola
(segment "The Voyage")
The power to function. As people, we are richly blessed to have the wide ranging scope of what we can accomplish…physically and mentally…that aid in everything we desire to strive for and, ideally, accomplish. However, what if someone was experiencing daily life with these elements….only in a more muted manner?
Mahershala Ali and Naomie Harris, with an economy of language, but a world of expression, weave us inside this futuristic tale of how your “one true love” may exist in the future in Benjamin Cleary's 'Swan Song.'
How powerful can a story be when it is stripped to the bare essentials of just a room, a handful of people and raw human voice?
I hope that more people will see Joyland, understand the situation, and eventually change themselves and society so we can have a more accommodating world where everyday tragedies like the one depicted in the film do not occur.
Make no mistake about it, Gilligan has created a continuation that earns its place in the annals of Breaking Bad lore. El Camino isn't a forced entry in an otherwise brilliant world of fiction. This is a satisfying take, which manages to give closure to an iconic character of fiction.