Films : Half Life : film stills

Half Life title card. A misaligned Super 8mm splice creates a sandwich of dust around the celluloid, partially obscuring the cold winter sunshine (North Wales)
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Rush hour traffic, Warsaw
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Traffic speeds eastwards from the Plac Konstytucji, Warsaw
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A Warsaw office block
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Mr Budzik deals with his paperwork, seemingly finalising a deal on a Fleischermachinenfabrik (Meat Processing Machine Factory)
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Mr Marker (Nick Currey) generates data for his hand-cranked computer (designed by Tadhg O’Sullivan & Guy Bishop)
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Depleted by routine, he rubs at his permanently sealed eyes
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He dreams in colour
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He dreams of light
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Mr Marker screams pointlessly in frustration
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Back to work
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Somewhere, elsewhere, outside (in this shot – Berlin), trains pass by
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Ms Szminka (Fiona Staniland) collates and files Mr Marker’s data
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Ms Szminka collates and files Mr Marker’s data
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She has precise legs and impressive shoes
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A log is kept of her activity using the latest in self-adhesive technology
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Ms Szminka checks up on her little secret
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She has been cultivating a colourful little allotment in the filing cabinet
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But Half Lives get no breaks
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Mr Budzik (Mark Bishop) winds up a worker
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Day and night and day and night – moonlight by Lucy Brown
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Trains pass, just like moods
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Rather important looking office block, Warsaw
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Fraulein Stromkreis (Sarah Beauvoisin) focuses on the power supply
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Fraulein Stromkreis focuses on the power supply
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She triggers a flash vision of Mr Pineska (Samuel Dore)
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In a moment of passion / panic Fraulein Stromkreis triggers an alarm
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Mr Marker stands to attention as a military parade passes by
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Ms Szminka freezes
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Mr Pineska stands fervently to attention
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Mr Budzik gives a furtive little glance as if to say “we know you’re out there”
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The booming fallout scours the barren landscape (North Wales)
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Mr Pineska is wound back up and put to work, transporting data
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The cold moon penetrates the prefabricated office block then envelopes it in night
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Ms Szminka scratches at the rash of information
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