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Four Shadows (1978)

1978-10-03 · 1h 7m · EN
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Four four-minute image sections and four four-minute sound sections are linked in all combinations of the sound sections with each of the image sections. This established affinities between each of the image sections to the others, and the sound sections to each other. The image sections are: surveyors measuring the land near my house as seen through an old window, a family of Siamang Gibbon apes in the Washington zoo, an industrial site, and a page turned from a book on Cézanne’s composition showing a diagram of his painting Mardi Gras, filmed against bright leaves. The sound sections are: a dramatic scene from Debussy’s opera “Pelléas et Mélisande”, a passage from William Wordworth’s autobiographical poem “The Prelude,” sounds from rowing on a lake at night, and the sounds of the apes vocalizing.

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Distribution et équipe complètes →
Takahiko IimuraTakahiko IimuraJonas MekasJonas MekasPeter KubelkaPeter KubelkaKlaus WybornyKlaus WybornyHeinz EmigholzHeinz EmigholzLarry GottheimLarry Gottheim

Movie DNA

RythmeCourtPréférence de réalisation1785324Préférence de casting472980 · 309847 · 472981Préférence de paysUsPréférence de décennie1970Préférence de duréeCourt

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What is Four Shadows about?

Four four-minute image sections and four four-minute sound sections are linked in all combinations of the sound sections with each of the image sections. This established affinities between each of the image sections to the others, and the sound sections to each other. The image sections are: surveyors measuring the land near my house as seen through an old window, a family of Siamang Gibbon apes in the Washington zoo, an industrial site, and a page turned from a book on Cézanne’s composition showing a diagram of his painting Mardi Gras, filmed against bright leaves. The sound sections are: a dramatic scene from Debussy’s opera “Pelléas et Mélisande”, a passage from William Wordworth’s autobiographical poem “The Prelude,” sounds from rowing on a lake at night, and the sounds of the apes vocalizing.

How long is Four Shadows?

Four Shadows has a runtime of 67 minutes.