Director Laila Pakalniņa drew inspiration for "I Think About a Cat" from photo negatives thrown away as trash
Photo negatives found by chance in a plastic bag beside a waste container inspired director Laila Pakalniņa's new film "I Think About a Cat" (Es domāju par kaķi). In the film, events from half a century ago enter into a dialogue with the present.
A chance discovery lies behind "I Think About a Cat" (Es domāju par kaķi), the new film by director Laila Pakalniņa. Her inspiration came from photo negatives that were destined to be destroyed. They were found in a plastic bag next to a waste container.
The find became the foundation of the film. In it, events from about fifty years ago enter an engaging and visually poetic dialogue with the present day.
The story of how the film came about shows that historical evidence sometimes ends up in the trash. Here, the discarded negatives became the starting point for a new work of cinema.
