{"id":3739,"date":"2026-06-22T17:57:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3739"},"modified":"2026-06-22T17:57:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:57:17","slug":"equal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3739","title":{"rendered":"EQUAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>2026 Official Selection: Arthouse\/Experimental &#8211; Short<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filminvasionla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/EQUAL_EQUAL-still-8004.jpg\" alt=\"EQUAL\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Runtime:<\/strong> 4m<\/p>\n<p><em>EQUAL is a cinematic exploration of Richard Serra\u2019s sculpture of the same name on display at the Museum of Modern Art.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Director(s):<\/strong> Tom Bessoir<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Language:<\/strong> No Dialogue<\/p>\n<p><strong>Country:<\/strong> United States<\/p>\n<p><strong>Los Angeles Premiere<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"@tom_bessoir\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit this Official Selection&#8217;s Instagram \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tombessoir.com\/equal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit the official website \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p>EQUAL consists of eight forged-steel blocks stacked in pairs. Each rectangular block measures 5 feet X 5 1\/2 feet X 6 feet and weighs 40 tons. The blocks are rotated and stacked so that the top and bottom blocks align differently. Yet the four stacks are each 11 feet tall.<\/p>\n<p>This simple form makes me think about space, mass, weight, and time. Like the sculpture, my film seeks to both overwhelm the viewer and invite contemplation.<\/p>\n<p>THIS FILM SHOULD BE PLAYED LOUD IN A DARK ROOM<\/p>\n<p>Source: FILA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 Official Selection: Arthouse\/Experimental &#8211; Short Runtime: 4m EQUAL is a cinematic exploration of Richard Serra\u2019s sculpture of the same name on display at the Museum of Modern Art. Director(s): Tom Bessoir Language: No Dialogue Country: United States Los Angeles Premiere Visit this Official Selection&#8217;s Instagram \u2192 Visit the official website \u2192 EQUAL consists of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3739\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;EQUAL&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-invasion-l-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}