Event

Two Years at Sea

Out Here In The Wilds: The Films of Ben Rivers

Oct 26 - Nov 01

Friday, Oct 26 at 07:00PM
Friday, Oct 26 at 09:00PM
Saturday, Oct 27 at 07:00PM
Saturday, Oct 27 at 09:00PM
Sunday, Oct 28 at 07:00PM
Sunday, Oct 28 at 09:00PM
Monday, Oct 29 at 07:00PM
Monday, Oct 29 at 09:00PM
Tuesday, Oct 30 at 07:00PM
Tuesday, Oct 30 at 09:00PM
Wednesday, Oct 31 at 07:00PM
Wednesday, Oct 31 at 09:00PM
Thursday, Nov 01 at 07:00PM
Thursday, Nov 01 at 09:00PM

British filmmaker Ben Rivers' first feature Two Years At Sea is a nearly-wordless portrait of a man called Jake who lives a solitary existence in a Scottish forest in Aberdeenshire. Jake is seen in all seasons, surviving frugally, passing the time with strange projects, and living the radical dream he had as a younger man which he spent two years working at sea to realize.

Ben Rivers has made 20 shorts over the past decade: free of narrative, drama and character development, inspired by literature and fine art, and exploring worlds at the far fringe of civilization places of ragged, strange beauty where inventors, seers and eccentric philosophers live in zealous communion with nature. "Too much exposition is the kind of thing that makes me bored with Hollywood movies," Rivers says. "I like films that leave a lot to the audience."