“Song of the Firefly” is a visual poem which utilizes the camera-less photogram technique that was introduced in Pruska-Oldenhof’s 2001 film “Light Magic.” “Song of the Firefly” transports the viewer to an open field on a warm summer night, where the luminous dance of the fireflies can be experienced. The exhuberant display of light, as each flash illuminates different portions of the field, reveals fragments of the space in which we are contained, leaving us always waiting in anticipation to see more.
故事讲述大战末期,十四岁的哥哥和四岁的妹妹在空袭中失去了母亲,而当地政府为了强迫人民节省战争下剩余的物资,对他们实施严厉的管制,哥哥和妹妹两人都不愿意在这种管制下生活,两兄妹遂以洞穴为家,没有大人帮助他们,要自行找寻食物维生,生活刻苦之余,他们也像其他小孩一样活泼好动,闲来在杂乱下的田间玩乐,夜晚更一起在草地上观看漫天飞舞的萤火虫。可是快乐的日子不长……