09 Sep 2003
Lamp
Short documentary of David Lynch building a lamp.
575 Castro St.
The film focuses on the light and shadow playing on the walls of the Castro Camera Store, a location in Gus Van Sant’s Milk. The soundtrack features Harvey Milk himself, shortly after his election to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977.
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Harvey Milk Self (voice) (archive footage)
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