Decasia: The State of Decay

Name: Decasia: The State of Decay
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2002-01-10
Rating: 6.5

Documentary1h 10m

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Storyline

A meditation on the human quest to transcend physicality, constructed from decaying archival footage and set to an original symphonic score.

Trailers

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Details

DirectorBill Morrison

ReleasedJan 10, 2002

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNot rated

Studio

Hypnotic Pictures

Reviews

6 reviews · 5 critics

5 fresh · 0 rotten

J. R. Jones

RTChicago ReaderJul 2, 2022

At times it threatens to contract into an artifact of academic obsession, but the more expansive passages connote an epic struggle between the human need to create history and the power of time and entropy to erase it.

Tony Rayns

RTSight & SoundDec 2, 2003

By presenting images that are in advanced stages of decomposition Morrison is agitating in the most powerful way on behalf of the archives fighting to rescue their holdings from disintegration.

Jamie Russell

RTBBC.comSep 30, 2003

A mesmerising meditation on life, death and cinema that recalls the heyday of the 60s avant-garde.

Bill Gibron

RTDVDTalk.comAug 30, 2005

As a musical piece, it is...able to convey mixed emotions within a very dissonant setting. But the film that goes along with it has a harder time selling its sense of self.