28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
A Moment in Love
director: Shirley Clarke
original title: A Moment in Love
country: United States
year: 1957
running time: 9 min.
synopsis
Two young lovers dance in the countryside and they express love, doubt and fear with their movements. Passion is the drive that moves their bodies and the surrounding landscape changes to fit the mood in their romantic relationship. The impressionist nature and expressive choreography is enhanced by plaintive string music.
“Most of the dance films I’d seen were awful and I figured I could do better. Essentially, film’s a choreographic medium.” — Shirley Clarke
biography
Shirley Clarke (1919–1997) was an American director and university teacher, initially a dancer and a choreographer. In the 1950s she made short films and later she directed various documentaries and feature films. She was active in the feminist movement and her work is often included in the New American Cinema.more about film
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