28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
Introspection
director: Sara Kathryn Arledge
original title: Introspection
country: United States
year: 1941
running time: 6 min.
synopsis
An abstract dance film presenting disembodied parts of dancers clad in tight clothing that move around freely in a blank space. With this film, Arledge helped create a new film genre – ciné-dance – in which the dancing body rids itself of its physical limitations and takes on a pure form.biography
Sara Kathryn Arledge (1911–1998) was a prominent, American experimental filmmaker whose most important works were Introspection (1941–1947) and What Is a Man? (1958). She also spent time painting and creating hand-painted glass slides, which she then compiled into the “stable films” Tender Images (1978) and Interior Garden (1978).more about film
director: | Sara Kathryn Arledge |