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The Geography of the Body (1943)
Directed by Willard Maas
Documentary · 7m
A quotation from Aristophanes, "The desire and pursuit of the whole is called love," precedes views of a man and a woman's bodies, often in extreme close up. Off-screen, a voice recites fragments of oracular literature and purple prose. We see an eye, an ear, a mouth, a tongue, bits of hair, a hand, the tips of fingers, toes. Occasionally, the frame includes a larger scape of a body: a chest, a back, a breast. Usually the camera is stationery; sometimes, it moves across a body, remaining in close up. They hold hands for one moment. The bodies are without clothes; no genitalia are visible.
Cast
Willard Maas
Marie Menken
Crew
- Director
- Willard Maas
Details
- Release date
- 1943-01-01
- Runtime
- 7m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America