Nails is a doc in four movements. This gorgeously shot and edited Oscar-nominated short by Phillip Borsos tracks the life of a spike in the preindustrial and industrial periods.
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“He didn’t live a double life. He lived twice.” - An appreciation of Chris Marker's influential classic La jetée
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