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Hapax Legomena I: (nostalgia)

Original title: Nostalgia
1971 · 36 min
Directed by Hollis Frampton · USA · New Hollywood · New American Cinema and Structural Film
Short filmDrama

Where to watch in the United States: Stream: Criterion Channel. Streaming data from JustWatch via TMDB; availability changes.

Cast

Michael Snow

Plot

Michael Snow narrates a series of Hollis Frampton's photographs (speaking as Frampton, in the first person)—as each picture catches fire on a hot plate.

Sinekatalog’s take

Photographs burn on a hot plate as a narrator comments on each one, and the words slowly drift away from the images. Frampton's structuralist experiment is witty, cerebral and memorable if you give it patience.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

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Ratings

IMDb: 6.7 / 10 (795 votes)
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