Like a Dream that Vanishes

Like a Dream That Vanishes continues Sternbergs work in film both thematically and formally the ephemerality of life echoed in the temporal nature of film as the stuff of life echoed on the energy lifeforce in rhythmic light pulses Your life is like a candle burning Imageless emulsion is intercut with brief shots of natural elements and miseenscene of the stages of human life a little boy runs and falls teens hang out together at night smoking sun shines through tree branches men pace waiting flashes of lightning an elderly man speaks philosophically about miracles