: Roughly 90% of the film was shot using an iPhone 6 in the landscapes of Scotland and Wales.
: Barley describes his intention as making the viewer feel "rendered small, meaningless and afraid" in the face of nature’s awe. Sleep Has Her House
: This piece compares Barley’s work to the landscape philosophies of John Ruskin, explaining how the film distills nature into a "visual and aural language of the apocalypse". : Roughly 90% of the film was shot
: An evocative reflection on finding comfort in the film's total darkness. Chang describes the experience as a "coven" where viewers share a lonely but beautiful space together. : An evocative reflection on finding comfort in
Scott Barley's 2017 experimental film has inspired several deep-dive blog posts and essays that focus on its "terrible sublime" nature and its production on an iPhone 6. Recommended Blog Posts & Essays