Loosely based on J.G. Ballard's short story The Day of Forever (1966), the film explores the idea of the suspended sun and the impact of permanent light on human experience and the experience of time. The voice-over, which accompanies images of slowly rolling wisps of fog, the peeling contours of a place of sleep, or the delicate and detailed structures of lichens and mosses, contemplates the dreaming that was once an alternative to waking.
“The Sun kept setting — setting — still
No Hue of Afternoon —
Upon the Village I perceived
From House to House 'twas Noon —
The Dusk kept dropping — dropping — still
No Dew upon the Grass —
But only on my Forehead stopped —
And wandered in my Face —
My Feet kept drowsing — drowsing — still
My fingers were awake —
Yet why so little sound — Myself
Unto my Seeming — make?
How well I knew the Light before —
I could see it now —
'Tis Dying — I am doing — but
I'm not afraid to know —”
— Emily Dickinson
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