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Decasia: The State of Decay

6.5/ 1020021h 10m

Documentary

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

Directed by Bill Morrison

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Behind the frames

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The cast

Tsuru Aoki

Self - Geisha (archive footage)

Julia Calhoun

Self - Old Angry Woman (archive footage)

William S. Hart

Self - Cowboy (archive footage)

Eddie Lyons

Self - Laughing Clerk (archive footage)

Margaret Cullington

Self - Maggie Jiggs (archive footage)

Marc McDermott

Self - Judge (archive footage)

Mary Pickford

Self (archive footage)

Pearl White

Self - Laughing Woman (archive footage)