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<blockquote data-quote="invitro" data-source="post: 215297" data-attributes="member: 446"><p>Hey SYT, here's a movie for you...</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Wavelength</strong> </em>is a 45-minute film that made the reputation of Canadian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_film" target="_blank">experimental filmmaker</a> and artist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Snow" target="_blank">Michael Snow</a>. Considered a landmark of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avant-garde" target="_blank">avant-garde</a> cinema,[SUP]<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavelength_(1967_film)#cite_note-1" target="_blank">[1]</a>[/SUP] it was filmed over one week in December 1966 and edited in 1967,[SUP]<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavelength_(1967_film)#cite_note-2" target="_blank">[2]</a>[/SUP] and is an example of what <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_theorist" target="_blank">film theorist</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._Adams_Sitney" target="_blank">P. Adams Sitney</a>describes as "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_film" target="_blank">structural film</a>",[SUP]<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavelength_(1967_film)#cite_note-3" target="_blank">[3]</a>[/SUP] calling Snow "the dean of structural filmmakers."[SUP]<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavelength_(1967_film)#cite_note-4" target="_blank">[4]</a>[/SUP] <em>Wavelength</em> is often listed as one of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Films_that_have_been_considered_the_greatest_ever" target="_blank">greatest</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_films" target="_blank">underground</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_house_films" target="_blank">art house</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Canada" target="_blank">Canadian</a> films ever made. It was named #85 in the 2001 <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village_Voice" target="_blank">Village Voice</a></em> critics' list of the 100 Best Films of the 20th Century.[SUP]<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavelength_(1967_film)#cite_note-5" target="_blank">[5]</a>[/SUP] The film has been designated and preserved as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masterwork" target="_blank">masterwork</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio-Visual_Preservation_Trust_of_Canada" target="_blank">Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada</a>.[SUP]<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavelength_(1967_film)#cite_note-6" target="_blank">[6]</a>[/SUP] In a 1969 review of the film published in <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artforum" target="_blank">Artforum</a></em>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manny_Farber" target="_blank">Manny Farber</a> describes <em>Wavelength</em> as "a pure, tough 45 minutes that may become <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_a_Nation" target="_blank">The Birth of a Nation</a></em> in Underground films, is a straightforward document of a room in which a dozen businesses have lived and gone bankrupt. For all of the film's sophistication (and it is overpowering for its time-space-sound inventions) it is a singularly unpadded, uncomplicated, deadly <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realism_(arts)" target="_blank">realistic</a> way to film three walls, a ceiling and a floor... it is probably the most rigorously <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composition_(visual_arts)" target="_blank">composed</a> movie in existence."[SUP]<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavelength_(1967_film)#cite_note-7" target="_blank">[7]</a></p><p></p><p>[/SUP](That's from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavelength_(1967_film)" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavelength_(1967_film)</a>)</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]60P6DJLjXVU[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="invitro, post: 215297, member: 446"] Hey SYT, here's a movie for you... [I][B]Wavelength[/B] [/I]is a 45-minute film that made the reputation of Canadian [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_film"]experimental filmmaker[/URL] and artist [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Snow"]Michael Snow[/URL]. Considered a landmark of [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avant-garde"]avant-garde[/URL] cinema,[SUP][URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavelength_(1967_film)#cite_note-1"][1][/URL][/SUP] it was filmed over one week in December 1966 and edited in 1967,[SUP][URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavelength_(1967_film)#cite_note-2"][2][/URL][/SUP] and is an example of what [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_theorist"]film theorist[/URL] [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._Adams_Sitney"]P. Adams Sitney[/URL]describes as "[URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_film"]structural film[/URL]",[SUP][URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavelength_(1967_film)#cite_note-3"][3][/URL][/SUP] calling Snow "the dean of structural filmmakers."[SUP][URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavelength_(1967_film)#cite_note-4"][4][/URL][/SUP] [I]Wavelength[/I] is often listed as one of the [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Films_that_have_been_considered_the_greatest_ever"]greatest[/URL] [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_films"]underground[/URL], [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_house_films"]art house[/URL] and [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Canada"]Canadian[/URL] films ever made. It was named #85 in the 2001 [I][URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village_Voice"]Village Voice[/URL][/I] critics' list of the 100 Best Films of the 20th Century.[SUP][URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavelength_(1967_film)#cite_note-5"][5][/URL][/SUP] The film has been designated and preserved as a [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masterwork"]masterwork[/URL] by the [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio-Visual_Preservation_Trust_of_Canada"]Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada[/URL].[SUP][URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavelength_(1967_film)#cite_note-6"][6][/URL][/SUP] In a 1969 review of the film published in [I][URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artforum"]Artforum[/URL][/I], [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manny_Farber"]Manny Farber[/URL] describes [I]Wavelength[/I] as "a pure, tough 45 minutes that may become [I][URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_a_Nation"]The Birth of a Nation[/URL][/I] in Underground films, is a straightforward document of a room in which a dozen businesses have lived and gone bankrupt. For all of the film's sophistication (and it is overpowering for its time-space-sound inventions) it is a singularly unpadded, uncomplicated, deadly [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realism_(arts)"]realistic[/URL] way to film three walls, a ceiling and a floor... it is probably the most rigorously [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composition_(visual_arts)"]composed[/URL] movie in existence."[SUP][URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavelength_(1967_film)#cite_note-7"][7][/URL] [/SUP](That's from [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavelength_(1967_film)[/URL]) [MEDIA=youtube]60P6DJLjXVU[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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