Bataille
2003 | 00:07:00 | Belgium | English | B&W | Stereo | 4:3 | Video
Collection: Single Titles
Tags: Crime or Violence, Film or Videomaking, Image Processing, Music


In Bataille, fragments from the Akira Kurosawa’s film Rashomon are subject to a mirror effect. A scene in which two samurai fight each other becomes a cosmic field of monsters where horror and pain evoke beauty and joy.
Prizes + Awards
Cinematexas 2003, Founding Director Award
2004 International Short Film Festival Clermont-Ferrand, France, Honorable Mention
Exhibitions + Festivals
Stuttgarter Filmwinter Wand (Germany), 2004
Seattle Art Museum, Nicolas Provost: Selected Works, September 16 2009-February 28 2010
49th New York Film Festival, Views from the Avant-Garde, 2011