Artificial Light
Synopsis
Artificial Light repeats variations on a single filmic utterance twenty times. The same phrase is a series of portrait shots of a group of young New York artists talking, drinking wine, laughing, smoking, informally. The individual portrait-shots follow each other with almost academic smoothness in lap-dissolves ending in two shots of the entire group followed by a dolly shot into a picture of the moon... There is a chasm between the phrase and its formal inflections. That chasm is intellectual as well as formal. Frampton loves an outrageous hypothesis; his films, all of them, take the shape of logical formulae. -- P. Adams Sitney, Film Culture Reader
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"Film-Makers' Cinematheque", The Jewish Museum, NYC
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Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Hollis Frampton
- Original Title
- Artificial Light
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- Spoken Languages
- No Language
- Runtime
- 25m
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Hollis Frampton
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Hollis Frampton
Director
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What is Artificial Light about?
Artificial Light repeats variations on a single filmic utterance twenty times. The same phrase is a series of portrait shots of a group of young New York artists talking, drinking wine, laughing, smoking, informally. The individual portrait-shots follow each other with almost academic smoothness in lap-dissolves ending in two shots of the entire group followed by a dolly shot into a picture of the moon... There is a chasm between the phrase and its formal inflections. That chasm is intellectual as well as formal. Frampton loves an outrageous hypothesis; his films, all of them, take the shape of logical formulae. -- P. Adams Sitney, Film Culture Reader
Who directed Artificial Light?
Artificial Light was directed by Hollis Frampton.
Who stars in Artificial Light?
The principal cast of Artificial Light includes Lee Lozano.
When was Artificial Light released and how long is it?
Artificial Light was released in 1969 with a total runtime of 25m.