SXSW Review: Disintegration Loops Doc Fails to Connect the Ambient Classic to Our Current Moment Directed by David Wexler
Starring William Basinski
The Disintegration Loops is arguably the definitive piece of 9/11-inspired art, but David Wexler s documentary of the same name has its eye on a different mass tragedy. The 45-minute film was created during coronavirus lockdowns and it makes a tenuous comparison between the terrorist attack and the pandemic. During the opening shots, the haunting dlp 1.1 plays over images of empty NYC streets and signs warning people to stay two metres apart.
The film not-too-subtly suggests that Basinski s 2020 album,