Michael Snow's Wavelength is one of the most important avant-garde works of the second half of the 20th century, with a 45-minute "narrative" consisting of a static 45-minute zooming into a paintinc on a wall. It explores many of the central themes of Snow's work, such as questions about the nature of vision, the material world as experienced through the senses, the relationship between sight and sound.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 45 min.
- Country, year
- United States, Canada, 1967
- Genre
- Experimental
- Language
- Silent
- Age rating
- Pegi 13
Credits
- Director
- Michael Snow
- Screenplay
- Michael Snow
- Producers
- Michael Snow
- Cinematography
- Michael Snow
- Music
- Tom Wolff
- Cast
- Hollis Frampton, Lyne Grossman, Naoto Nakazawa, Roswell Rudd, Amy Taubin, Joyce Wieland, Amy Yadrin
Director
Michael Snow
Michael Snow was one of the world’s leading experimental filmmakers, having inspired the Structural Film movement with his groundbreaking film Wavelength (1967). Snow’s extensive and multidisciplinary oeuvre includes painting, sculpture, video, film, sound, photography, holography, drawing, writing, and music. His work explores the nature of perception, consciousness, language, and temporality.
