Palinode

Palinode (1970)

In Palinode a disk-shaped matte continually shifting in and out of focus alternately blocks part of the image or contains it. Its respiratory rhythm matches operatic fragments of Wladimir Vogel’s Wagadu, as the camera studies a middle-aged male singer in Zurich, singing, eating, window shopping, meeting a young girl. The filmmaker told himself, ‘Don’t let yourself know what that film is about while you are making it.’

Date of release
1970-04-01
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
34m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Robert Beavers
Collection
My Hand Outstretched to the Winged Distance and Sightless Measure

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