Nicholas Monsour is an artist and film editor born and raised in Los Angeles.

PLAYLIST 07: SUMMER

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BURN

(2004)

 

BURN is a short video about the physicalization of psychological and emotional states.  A woman does dishes.  A man sleeps.  A woman waits.  A man yells.  A woman leaves.  A man follows a woman through ruins and brush fires.

Performed by Marianna palka and Jason Ritter.  Written, directed, shot and edited by Nicholas Monsour.

 

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You burn and burn me good I burn and burn like wood you burn and burn me good I burn and burn like wood You burn and burn me good I burn and burn like wood you burn and burn me good I burn and burn like wood you burn and burn me and burn me like wood like me like I am you burn me like I am now burning like I am now you burn me like I am now burning and I am now burnt I am now burnt like wood I am wood I am burnt and now I am wood and ember you burn me like I am now burning and burnt I am now wood and ember I am now burnt wood and I am now burnt ember and I am falling apart I am apart and now I am apart like I am now wood and ember and I break apart and now I am like ash like I am now like I am now ash and I am broken apart wood and ember and ash I am burnt and burning in flame and fire I am burnt I am broken apart in flame and fire I am ash of wood once ember in flame and fire broken apart in flame and fire I am burnt in your flame and your fire once ember of wood now I am ash in your flame and your fire I am broken into ash once ember he burned and burned me good in fire and flame he burned and burned me good in fire and flame I burned and burned like wood once ember now ash he burned me in ash I am broken apart once he burned me in fire and flame he burned me good in fire and flame I burned and burned like wood once ember now in ash I am broken apart once ember now ash I am broken apart in fire and flame I remember his fire he burned me and burned me good I remember once ember now ash in his fire and flame I remember I am broken apart like falling apart to remember falling falling falling falling falling in your flame and his fire I burn and burn in your flame and his fire you burned and he burned I am burning and burning like wood you burn and he burned you are burning and he is burning and you are flame and he is fire like now I remember you are flame and he is fire I remember you are and he is I remember you are he like now I am falling to remember you are he you are he you are he you are he you are he.

 


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