Ah, high rise condos. I fucking love ‘em. Good riddance to old Portland rubbish, I say.

On that note: Architecture blogger (and occasional Oregonian contributor) Brian Libby’s 5-minute film of the demolition of the Rosefriend Apartments has made it into this Saturday’s “Made In Oregon” shorts night of the Portland International Film Fest. Here’s the rather surreal effort, in its entirety:

DEMOLITION FILM: Exactly what it says on the tin…

“Stylistically, the film is very bare-bones,” says Libby. “But any embellishment beyond the footage of the facade being ripped down by a crane seemed superflous.”

If only I were still in college, I’d get all post-modern on you about the crane ripping away the layers of the 20th century onion, and mention Baudrillard, but I’m not. So I won’t.

The Rosefriend is currently being replaced by the Ladd Tower, which as an urban high-rise fanatic I’m super-pleased about. Still, well done, Brian. It’s nice to have a piece of Portland’s architectural memory so well kept. And some of those other movies showing on Saturday night look pretty interesting, too…well worth the $9.