Charlie's film has all the components of a thought provoking film, constructed with beautiful bnw 35mm scenes from global cinemas each linked by the common denominator that no one in the film is still alive today. With this in mind we are taken through what feels like a day, with the selected scenes linked and interwoven to create a loose narrative that is toyed with throughout. At times the idea felt like it could have been told in a 20 minute short with some scenes repetitive and dull (there's only so many montages of people walking one can see!) but the real beauty of the film comes at the end where clever freeze frames and symbolic pacing create memories we know that now only exist in our minds; and there's something beautifully melancholic about this decay.
Review of The Afterlight
