Oliver Pietsch
10 December 2010 – 30 January 2011
Nettie Horn
London
E2

“From Here to Eternity” explores the theme of death in the history of cinema; the artist addresses with a hint of humour the idea of immortality interpreted by actors through the course of time. The film is composed of three chapters inviting the viewer to step into a mental wandering, and provoking feelings of recognition and empathy that ultimately lead to narrative re-interpretations rooted in our personal concerns. (Nettie Horn)

Clip after clip after clip from the obscure to the block buster: these films deal in death and everything death likes to deal with. There was a moment, just a minute, perhaps less when I wondered if I could really get through forty minutes. This lasted just long enough to see me through a heart breaking scene (and there are some) to the comical and iconic and then I was on the journey with death as opposed to feeling other from it (which of course, none of us are).

Death is shaped like a ?: Ultimately this is the feel of the film for me, its questioning death, its a look at how we all do that. As individuals and through Hollywood we laugh at it, we cry, we feel deeply uncomfortable when its around, we bestow upon it mystical powers and what this film does is show the viewer all of these interpretations. We have a choice, we have many and here they are.

There has been much talk of bean bags for the viewers comfort: They are magnificent. As is the film.