Nightfall in LA

“Nightfall” is a 3 minutes Light-journey through the City of Angels directed by Colin Rich.

I discovered this cinematographic treasure during the opening of a “The Pharcyde” Concert in Berlin, where the LA based HipHop Group was using this homage to their hometown as a show opener on stage. “The Pharcyde”, known for their groundbreaking 1995 Album LABCABINCALIFORNIA (1995, prod. by JDilla) obviously intended to support their home based creative West Coast fellow Colin Rich by showing this production on tour. This approach has proven to be successful, since I still had to think of this short movie piece almost 2 years after I saw it first. Plus: A trip to L.A. is definitely next on the menue.

Now lay back an chill.

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NightFall

Cinematography, Direction, and Editing by: Colin Rich: facebook.com/colinrich1
Produced by Pacific Star Productions pacstarpro.com

Translation of the lyrics:

„It is late. I am looking for my other home, taking an unfamiliar path: a small trail near the factories and the city, cutting through the forest. I can barely see nature when suddenly, night falls. I am engulfed by a world of silence, yet I am not afraid. I fall asleep for a few minutes at the most, and when I wake up, the sun is there and the forest is shining with a bright light….

I recognize this forest. It is not an ordinary forest, it is a forest of memories. My memories. The white and noisy river, my adolescence. The tall trees, the men I have loved. The birds in flight, and in the distance, my lost father.

My memories aren’t memories anymore. They are there, with me, dancing and embracing, singing and smiling at me.

I look at my hands. I caress my face, and I am 20 years old. And I love like I have never loved before.”