Read Only Memory

4m46s | shot on S-VHS | finished on DV | 1999

Read Only Memory is an anonymous memoir of the future. The narrator of our story remembers hearing a boy wanting to record a shooting star onto videotape so that he could make a wish whenever he wants. Our hero watches Elvis on re-runs and for him, seemingly, comfort can only be found in late night television.

Screened at 2000 Women Make Waves Film & Video Festival, Taiwan, Mutlimedia Arts Asia Pacific,Queensland, 6th Hong Kong Independent Film and Video Awards, Hong Kong.

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