The text comes from an October 1953 transcript of a dinner party that took place four months after the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were tried and convicted for allegedly spying for the Soviet Union. FBI informants eavesdropped on two couples having a dinner party at an apartment in the West Village, New York City. Informant NY-964-S cannot hear many details of the conversation and fills in words he cannot understand. Most of the text is inaudible, but one gathers that the guests at the dinner party know they are being spied on, photographed and tracked. The fragmented text reveals clues to the culture in which it was captured, and by extension, to current conditions. (J. Perlin)
Also in this combined programme
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anything else and/or nothing at all
A film, a composition for sound and voices, all compressed into one work. -
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Nostalgia (April 2001 to Present)
‘The picture of the world that’s presented to the public has only the remotest relation to reality.’ (Noam Chomsky) -
Unzufrieden
Out of the window of a Berlin apartment, a banner is hanging with the exclamation: Unzufrieden (dissatisfied). -
I Remember Now, We Never Danced, I Miss You, Good-Bye
Everyday movement, woven into a dance of memory and loss.
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2006
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2007
- Length
- 11'
- Medium/Format
- DV cam NTSC
