This meticulously shot essay by Radio National’s Jason Di Rosso contemplates distance: the distance from Sydney where he lives, to Perth where his father is dying. His father is both an architect and a convert to spiritualism – embodying the contradictions with which the film is wrestling. If the most profound things in life are the most abstract, what do you point your camera at?
Jason Di Rosso is the host of The Screen Show on ABC Radio National. He was born in Perth and worked in the local film industry in various roles. He has been a film critic since the early 2000s. In 2023 he completed a Doctorate of Creative Arts at the University of Technology Sydney, during which he made the micro budget essay film The Hidden Spring.
Jason Di Rosso is the host of The Screen Show on ABC Radio National. He was born in Perth and worked in the local film industry in various roles. He has been a film critic since the early 2000s. In 2023 he completed a Doctorate of Creative Arts at the University of Technology Sydney, during which he made the micro budget essay film The Hidden Spring.