Rehearsals for Retirement

Name: Rehearsals for Retirement
Genre: Animation, Mystery
Released: 2007-10-19
Duration: 13 min
Rating: 7.1

2007·Animation·13m

7.1

★

Part of "In Memoriam", a body of work comprising several videos, shot entirely within the virtual world of the Grand Theft Auto video game. Solomon transformed Liberty City, the ersatz metropolis based on New York City in which the game is set, into a reflective space of stillness: devoid of players, full of melancholy, nostalgia, loss, grief, and instances of compelling poetic beauty. This work was created in response to the passing of Solomon's lifelong friend, Mark LaPore, at the age of 53, on September 11, 2005.

Directed by Phil Solomon

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Popular Reviews

48 reviews

chybejici_jmeno

5.0★ · 07/11/26

cool project, some genuine beauty here... just didn't resonate with me personally.
also, this feels like The Dead Flag Blues by GYBE.
i will not elaborate.

Eden

8.0★ · 06/03/26

Holy GTA

MacanicsPRO

8.0★ · 05/26/26

Speaks so much for having no words and being a movie filmed in GTA: San Andreas

Monty Kelly

4.0★ · 05/05/26

Visually stunning (for something filmed in gta San Andreas) dialogue just not there though

Jacob Bouvier

9.0★ · 04/25/26

The more I’ve been watching films lately the more I’ve gotten into short films. The more I’ve gotten into short films the more I’ve gotten into names like Brakhage. I was told that Phil Solomon is a lot like Brakhage and I was kinda excited but I thought in my head it was gonna be a slop version of Brakhage sort of ordeal. It wasn’t at all. This is so original and genuinely some of the most beautiful visuals I’ve seen since probably watching Brakhage for the first time. Genuinely a moving experience I need to see all of his stuff.