Film
The Alphabet
1975 · 12m
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Overview
A particular favorite of mine, this film takes Rimbaud’s words one step further into the arena of “inane refrains and artless rhythms.” I used a Bolex with an extreme macro lens to flip and roam through the pages of Chinatown pamphlets, Victorian erotic novels, and American pulp fiction, zooming in on lines and phrases and grasping at the truth that the pages can talk and that the words have their own independent lives. The Stravinsky soundtrack sets the pace for this restless proto-literary journey. I also used a shadow puppet for the first time, a year before None Saved. - P. V. Z.
Crew
- Peter von ZiegesarDirector · Editor
Details
- Release date
- January 1, 1975
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 12m
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