Ernie Gehr. No blockbusters here, just mind expanders

Ernie Gehr. No blockbusters here, just mind expanders

By Manohla Dargis There are a multiplicity of adjectives that fit Ernie Gehr’s experimental film and digital work: abstract, beautiful, mysterious, invigorating, utopian. The work can also be oblique; this is not a bad thing! His 14-minute film History (1970), to take...