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Visual Variations on Noguchi (1945)
Directed by Marie Menken
Mystery · 4m
A voice occasionally says a word or two: "on the sidewalk" or "lithium" or a woman's name. A hand-held camera frames parts of sculptures, or moves across their surfaces, sometimes slowly, sometimes quickly, almost always in close-up. The soundtrack, in addition to the voice, is discordant music. Light and shadows are paramount. Sometimes the camera repeats up and down movements; once, a set of jump cuts brings an object closer. The music can be shrill in contrast to the sculptures. Almost entirely of wood, they are the work of Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988): Abstract, usually smooth and rounded (but not always).
Crew
- Director
- Marie Menken
Details
- Release date
- 1945-01-01
- Runtime
- 4m
- Genres
- Mystery
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Gryphon Productions