Angels Are Wired (1990) User Reviews

two film frames collide to make a most original film experience

[f-candice · 10/10 · 27 March 2008]

two frames hang from a balance in which each one has a story to tell in abstract forms, and or language. the film is actually a video installation, and has been screened in many prestigious museums as a conceptual art work. Shokof,s apparently first experiment with film material is a delightful ,funny, most original, and complicated work. images fill the screens independently of each other but then after a while and gradually they begin to relate to each other in two separated frames and finally the frames start colliding with each other and create many new meaningful new stories that opens a whole new story-line most joyous to watch. Shokof,s usage of meaningful odd titles begin with this film as he calls it Angels are wired, and so one should be careful not to tell the whole truth not even to the angels as they would further tell it all to the almighty up there. i saw this film in a retrospective of Shokof films in Los Angeles and can strongly recommend it to all viewers who would want to begin studying the world of this most original minds of our time. a 10 for originality and concept for this short film jewel.