'It might not be a love letter, but it's definitely a thank you card.' Images of rain falling heavy on the streets, palm trees dancing in the wind, interwoven brutalist structures, and airplanes cutting through the frame. Paired with the ...See more'It might not be a love letter, but it's definitely a thank you card.' Images of rain falling heavy on the streets, palm trees dancing in the wind, interwoven brutalist structures, and airplanes cutting through the frame. Paired with the classic, "The Blue Danube" by Johann Strauss II crudely played by the filmmaker on her accordion, Barbist is schlepping Austrian traditions - somehow elevating the mundane being built in haste. About the making of the film she says: 'Through the act of filming I'm rendering unknown territory into familiar surroundings, in a way it's making myself at home.'
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