Wavelength is a 45 minute film by Canadian experimental filmmaker and artist Michael Snow, known for building his reputation upon publicity of the film. Considered a landmark of avant-garde cinema, it was filmed over one week in December 1966 and edited in 1967, and is an example of what film theorist P. Adams Sitney describes as "structural film", calling Snow "the dean of structural filmmakers."You can watch it online at Vimeo:
Wavelength is often listed as one of the greatest underground, art house and Canadian films ever made. It was named #85 in the 2001 Village Voice critics' list of the 100 Best Films of the 20th Century. The film has been designated and preserved as a masterwork by the Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada.
Wavelength (1967) from Baboon Nation on Vimeo.
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I watched yesterday's Max Von Sydow film and wow- I recognized the face! That is something for me. I don't know this film, but if I watch it then maybe I might recognize it too. I doubt that ( yesterday was a fluke I think), but thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHe had such a varied career, but that Brink of Life film isn't one of his better known. I'd never heard of it before.
Delete...we are all on different wavelengths.
ReplyDeleteor are we... ;)
DeleteI think you lost me at avant-garde
ReplyDeleteI love some of the avant-garde films, but this one was hardly watchable for me. Talk about slow... I mean, I get it, but still...
DeleteNo Time to watch Just now, perhaps later. Valerie
ReplyDeleteOr maybe not ;) I'd pick something else if I were doing it over lol
DeleteI don't know this film at all. No time to watch now, but you never know!
ReplyDeleteI devote a lot of time to watching movies, but if I didn't I'd've skipped this one.
DeleteBased on what others and you have said, I'll pass on saving this one to watch later.
ReplyDeletePlenty of more interesting (for my money, at least) movies out there.
DeleteStaring at a room and listening to increasingly ear piercing noise--no thanks.
ReplyDeleteThe best part was Strawberry fields because I love the Beatles. After that I skipped and skipped through it and it was no better. Like something only interesting to people who took acid and watched in the 60s. There were places like that I discovered much to my surprise on an odd date. Nothing b ut a room and a big screen. People sat on the bare floor. Paid money to sit there--high--and watch weird stuff like this or bubbly, oozy stuff like a lava lamp--for hours. I wasn't high so I missed the interest. Missed it here, too--LOL! ;)
There are versions of this on Youtube that speed it up. You can see why lol
DeleteI need to take some time to watch this one. Thanks for sharing this.
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