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by Paul SHARITS
1976-1977 / 16mm / color / silent / 2 screens / 40' 00
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"This film, rather than being 'structural' is 'narrative like.' We feel as if we are on some sort of journey, where we never know/predict what is to 'happen' next. It is engaging, like a novel full of surprises. The 'narrative' feeling is like a soap opera, which just keeps twisting and turning, with no apparent resolution intended (but there _is_ a closure on the purely formal level), as opposed to say _Miami Vice_ wherein the dramatic line moves towards and achieves a weekly resolution. This work prefigures a long series of 30 min. chapters in a 'Light Novel,' PASSARE, which I am presently working on (which could finally reach 40 hours in total length before I die). Aside from a recurrent red, white and blue phrase, there is no repetition in the film (repetition conventionally provides structural order)." – Paul Sharits
"With colors, therefore, in reciprocal relationships with each other within space and over time, Sharits creates new hues not actually present upon the film through their co-temporal blending and through after-image retention. It's a a complex phenomenon that yields sublime transitions across a spectral range, while the inner frame pulses with illusionistic movement as the hues change from warm to cool." – Anthony Bannon, Buffalo Evening News
Dedicated to Gerald O'Grady. This work was made possible by a Bicentennial Grant by the N.E.A. and the N.Y. State Council on the Arts.
3 PRINTS IN DISTRIBUTION
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distribution format |
16mm |
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screen |
1,37 (double screen) |
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speed |
24 fps |
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sound |
silent |
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rental fee |
149,00 € |
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distribution format |
16mm |
|
screen |
1,37 (double screen) |
|
speed |
24 fps |
|
sound |
silent |
|
rental fee |
149,00 € |
|
distribution format |
16mm |
|
screen |
1,37 (double screen) |
|
speed |
24 fps |
|
sound |
silent |
|
rental fee |
149,00 € |
