A compassionate conservatism comes to a full bloom in the short etude by David Kagan where the economy of expression is compensated by a curious audio slide, and the remembrance of things past soon will recline on the analyst's couch. Look at that fist go! ~rs

A marvelling look at the cactus growth of Southern California, and the web spinning facilities of North Carolina spiders, all set to the mood of the pre-election unease. Remember when Bush was only a shrub on the horizon? The writer-director Willow Rossetti Johnson montages a fatefully oppressive atmosphere. ~rs