Decasia (2002)

A meditation on the human quest to transcend physicality, constructed from decaying archival footage and set to an original symphonic score.
Cast and Information
Directed By: Bill Morrison
Written By: Bill Morrison
Starring: William S. Hart
Genres: Drama, Documentary
Country: USA
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Decasia belongs to 13 collections
1. National Film Registry (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 30 stars)
2. Best of criticker: Documentary (collaborative: moderated by avgcrtckr - 20 stars)
3. Best of criticker: Drama (collaborative: moderated by avgcrtckr - 18 stars)
4. Non-verbal (collaborative: moderated by djross - 16 stars)
5. Mindfuck, surreal, strange and weird films (List by André "BadSmile" Byman) (public: stalebread - 8 stars)
6. Capsules, guest reviews, list candidates... (366weirdmovies) (collaborative: moderated by sesito71 - 4 stars)
7. The Lost Picture Show Podcast (collaborative: moderated by Coheed - 2 stars)
8. Best of criticker: 2002 (collaborative: moderated by avgcrtckr)
9. Found footage, experimental (collaborative: moderated by juandr)
10. DtC Doubling the Canon 2023 Nominees (collaborative: moderated by lineuphere)
11. Films to get (public: Scelsi)
12. Films I watched in 2012 (public: jal90)
13. Watchlist - Dokumenty (public: MikiRurk_STG)
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Jan 12, 2022 | ![]() |
driscarpin | 85 78th |
Decasia estreava há 20 anos no Festival de Sundance. O curioso é que esse filme está taxado como documentário, mas ele é uma definição precisa de horror poético. A BELEZA. BlurayRip no MakingOff.
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Aug 21, 2021 | ![]() |
deep_green | 85 94th |
Beautifully constructed. Score could easily increase if one saw this in a cinema, or just not on a 23 inch monitor. Donations welcome.
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Sep 07, 2014 | ![]() |
cloak | 35 26th |
Seems like all the ambition of the project went into the great high-concept and score. Actually watching it was kind of a tame slog, but there are moments. Speaking of high, that probably would have helped a bit.
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Oct 23, 2012 | ![]() |
adamj1982 | 92 96th |
I raised this ranking after a re-watch. This movie is a portal that will take you to another place. It's cliched, but its can truly be like a 'trip' without drugs. The only complaint I have is that it does stall at times, but things in this movie are so subjective that what I consider slow could be transcendental for others.
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Nov 25, 2010 | ![]() |
SlantMag | 35 90th |
"Bill Morrison's Decasia is uncompromising, difficult and unbearably beautiful." - Ed Gonzalez
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Jul 15, 2010 | ![]() |
micmac | 92 99th |
Amazing. This should have been a sequel to Koyaanisqatsi.
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Jan 01, 2010 | Coheed | 60 36th |
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The concept of using decayed film is a great idea which lends itself to really haunting imagery and concepts of humanity preserving itself, but despite only being 66 minutes it is too long and not compiled as well as it should be, consisting of too many random and insignificant pieces of film. The music score is also a flaw too, a drone which doesn't work at all.
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Nov 22, 2008 | ![]() |
parcaliham | 90 88th |
22 Kasim 2008, istanbul modern indie fetish programi, 12:00am. & http://sineofrenik.blogspot.com/2008/11/decasia-2002.html
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Average Percentile 67.43% from 114 Ratings | ![]() |