The video essay investigates the standing sets of the Universal Studios Backlot. The reuse and adaptation of such sets is a pragmatic reality of production but sometimes the relationships between spaces, through time and project, become suggestive or surprising in the meanings and experiences they produce. Drawing on films made or set in the 1950s, the video maps the artificial geography of a small town, encountering characters from different stories and genres, drawing out overlooked and uncanny links between films shot in the same or neighbouring spaces.
