The vertical movement of commuters passing through the frame is associated with the verticality of the filmstrip moving through the projector: both give rise to reflection upon the fact and fleeting nature of existence and perception. ‘Without doubt, the sickest joke I’ve ever seen on film.’ – Hollis Frampton.
Also in this combined programme
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Passage of the Bride
Ready-made of wedding films, dedicated to Rrose Sélavy, the alter ego of Marcel Duchamp.
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Astor Place
The unwritten choreography of the street, filmed at 48 frames a second.
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Kristallnacht
Lyrical and sensual black & white film for Anne Frank, bordering on abstraction.
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Last Lost
Hypnotic parable with an open ending about the adventures of a chimpanzee on Coney Island.
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Glint
About the start of disappearance, hand developed in Phil Hoffman’s Independent Imaging Retreat.
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Water Pulu 1869 1896
This water polo match gives an entirely new meaning to ‘keeping your eye on the ball’.
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 1970
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2007
- Length
- 12"
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
