The Director and His Actor Look at Footage Showing Preparations for an Unmade Film (2)
A film in two parts. In the first, we see a barren room with a young man sitting behind a tape recorder. Another man, played by Fisher himself, busily enters; he tests the recording machine and eventually goes into a back room, which, when illuminated, turns out to be a projection booth. The film he projects will be the whole second part of this work. Throughout we hear the comments of the two men as they watch the rushes of their film.
Also in this combined programme
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Projection Instructions
Study of the film process, from shooting to screening, with dry humour and precise observations. -
Standard Gauge
A reservoir of forgotten film material forms a metaphorical biography of the film history and a partial autobiography of Fisher himself. -
The Wilkinson Household Fire Alarm
Homage to and wink at Marcel Duchamp that clearly focuses more on conceptualism than on the studio film. What you see is what you hear. -
Cue Rolls
Most works by Fisher have a direct link to the machinery of film. Here he analyses the cue rolls. -
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 1968
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2009
- Length
- 15'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
