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).
film details
| director: | Sara Kathryn Arledge |
Film at festival
| premiere type: | Czech Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2022 |
| section: | Fascinations: Progress |
| language: | No Dialogue |
| subtitles: | No Subtitle |
| colour: | Colour |
Info
| director: | Sara Kathryn Arledge |
| original title: | Introspection |
| country: | United States |
| year: | 1941 |
| running time: | 6 min. |
