Pedestrian Wavelength
Identifier
F.2021-04-0014a
Date Of Production
1979
Abstract
"Pedestrian Wavelength is a lighthearted parody of Michael Snow's Wavelength. It's a structural film; there's no narrative. My cat plays the part of Hollis Frampton." – Chuck Kleinhans, Point of View No. 5 (Chicago Filmmakers Newsletter), Spring 1980.
Description
“At first glance this parody of Michael Snow's Wavelength might also appear to be limiting itself to an easy target of satire. But again, what emerges is considerably more than a take off on Snow's hypnotic tour de force zoom. With humble ambles through a long narrow apartment substituting for Snow's slow mechanized zoom, the film re-personalizes the forward-moving act of perception. As in the Jerry Lewis film, we are again made aware of the casual, subjective consciousness of the person behind the camera. This presence is felt here in the rolling gait of the repeated walks the length of the apartment, pauses to look at cats on a bed and finally in a self-revealing mirror shot that dramatically reverses the forward trajectory.” — Linda Williams, “Super 8 Films by Chuck Kleinhans,” undated.
Format
Super 8
Extent
200 feet
Color
color and B&W
Sound
Silent
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Element
Reversal Positives ➜ Work Prints
Genre
Form
Subject
Related Collections
Related Places
Main Credits
Kleinhans, Chuck (is filmmaker)
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