‘Narrative films depend on inserts (it’s a very rare film that has none), but at the same time they are utterly marginal. I wanted to make a film out of nothing but inserts, as a way of making them visible, to free them from their servitude to story. By chance I learned that the root of ‘parenthesis’ is a Greek word that means the act of inserting. And so I was given the title of the film.’ (MF)
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Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2003
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2004
- Length
- 21"
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
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