Black Tower
John Smith
1987 - 24 min - 16 mm - Couleur - Royaume-Uni

"In "The Black Tower" we enter the world of a man haunted by a tower which, he believes, is following him around London. While the character of the central protagonist is indicated only by a narrative voice-over which takes us from unease to breakdown to mysterious death, the images, meticulously controlled and articulated, deliver a series of colour coded puzzles, jokes and puns which pull the viewer into a mind-teasing engagement.
Smith’s assurance and skill as a filmmaker undercuts the notion of the avant-garde as dry, unprofessional and dull and in "The Black Tower" we have an example of a film which plays with the emotions as well as the language of film."
(Nik Houghton, Independent Media.)