USA,
1988, 15 min
Shown in 1988
CREDITS
- dir
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Joel Singer
- cam
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Joel Singer
- premiere
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World Premiere
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COMMENTS
This was conceived by James Broughton, but directed by Joel Singer. Shown during the James Broughton tribute. James Broughton and Joel Singer appeared in person
OTHER
Conceived a a codicil to Broughton’s autobiographical film Testament, this a a multi-faceted performance exploring questions on mortality. The poet, metamorphosing from scene to scene, is heard in a variety of voices and revealed in magic visualizations by Joel Singer.
FACTOID #88
Steve Cochran, the American actor who starred in Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1957 SFIFF entry Il Grido, demanded a private screening of the film before it could be shown to Festival audiences so he could ensure that scenes that had been censored in Italy had not been cut from the print. Cochran, who had American distribution rights to the film, got a screening’delaying the film’s 8:30 start time for ticketholders.
