Based on Otto Muehl’s ‘materialaktion’ Mama und Papa, this film is made up of short shots (less than one second, often only a few frames), combined according to a pre-arranged score. The emotionally charged images of nude bodies smeared with various liquids engaged in various perverse acts and contortions are counter pointed by their rapid and regular recurrence within the mathematically precise system of editing.
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Asleep
Stephen Dwoskin’s first film, made in New York. A woman’s feet during a whole night of sleep contracted into four minutes.
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Cinema Regained
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Oblivion
Successful blend of elements from both the poetic and diary modes. In the process Tom Chomont has created one of the few truly erotic works in cinema. (J.J. Murphy)Tom Chomont lives in New York and has been making film s since the early 1960s. His films and tapes are both diaristic and trance inducing. His […]
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Film details
- Country of production
- Austria
- Year
- 1964
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2007
- Length
- 4"
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
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