double bill #22

When the ground beneath us becomes unreliable—whether through catastrophe or perception—our sense of certainty begins to fray. Some worlds tilt slowly; others flip all at once. 

In La Chute, a Swiss Alpine village lives under the constant, melting threat of the Couronne Impériale. Powerlessness curdles into cynicism as the glaciers recede above them. But when a paraglider falls abruptly from the sky, the town’s numbness cracks. The inexplicable drop becomes a mirror for their own suspended fear, their own descent. Downside Up loosens that ground even further. With a single, continuous camera movement, Tony Hill flips orientation again and again, making the earth appear double-sided, coin-like. People, objects, and landscapes drift in and out of legibility as gravity becomes a question rather than a law.

Together, these films reveal how instability reshapes perception—how, when the world tilts, we must relearn where to place our footing.