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The Trembling Giant

Patrick Tarrant · Experimental / Documentary · 20 min · ♥︎ 6

Directed by Patrick Tarrant · 2015

An experimental nature documentary that films the American southwest through the take-up reel of a 16mm projector, its warped images haunted by the Pando aspen colony.

A mesmerizing optical experiment that turns a film projector into a lens on an ancient, endangered landscape.

The Trembling Giant is an experimental nature documentary that remediates the iconic landscape of the American south-west by filming through the take-up reel of a 16mm film projector. While we do not see the 16mm films p

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