Zorns lemma is a 1970 american structural experimental film by hollis frampton. Hollis framptons formally elaborate, hourlong experimental film 1970, the first of his works to attract wide attention, is based in part on the structural model. Among his films was zorns lemma, a structural film based on transformations of alphabetic sets, inspired by the. Since the first time i watched the movie the dog theme caught my attention.
The remainder of the film, largely silent, shows the viewer an evolving 24part. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. Zorns lemma 1970 1080p bluray x264 sadpanda movieforum. Catalogue zorns lemma about in his most important work to date, and the most original new work of cinema i have seen since brakhages scenes from under childhood. It begins with a dark screen and a woman narrating from the bay state primer, an early american grammar textbook that teaches the letters of the alphabet by using them in sentences derived from the bible, then the rest of the film is mostly silent.
With rosemarie castoro, ginger michels, marcia steinbrecher, twyla tharp. Zorns lemma is named after mathematician max zorns lemma, an axiom which states that given a set of sets, there must be a further set containing a representative item from each individual set. Zorns lemma hollis frampton the filmmakers cooperative. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing zorns lemma near you. Overview of zorns lemma, 1970, directed by hollis frampton, with rosemarie castoro, ginger michels, marcia steinbrecher, at turner classic movies. It begins with a dark screen and a woman narrating from the bay state primer, an early american grammar textbook that teaches the letters of the alphabet by using them in sentences derived from the bible, then the rest of the film is. Zorns lemma is prefaced with a reading from an early grammar textbook. Zorns lemma pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released zorns lemma pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes movie. A visual alphabet, composed of street and shop signs is gone over again and again in a loop, using new signs and words each time. I know that other animals also have prominence and a meaning, but it is the dogs that permeate the whole story throughout the film. Watch donkey punch 2008 online free full movie 1 comment. A voice is heard reading a series of couplets from the bay state primer, before there begins a series of shots.
Hollis frampton 19361984 was an american avantgarde filmmaker. In 114 lists, 548 checks, 35 favorites, 27 dislikes. The 1970 film, zorns lemma, is named after the lemma. The short first part, which mimics the intellectual and moral. A hollis frampton odyssey 0 the criterion collection. Zorns lemma is a film directed by hollis frampton with twyla tharp, joyce wieland. Zorns lemma stands for every nonempty partially ordered set in which every chain i. Zorns lemma 1970 added 4 to my mind the essence of cinema is the abstraction of the purely concrete, the integration of the elements of everyday, concrete reality into elaborate, artificial, and abstract patterns in such a way that these elements lose their significance without losing their identity. A dog is shown on someones lap early in the movie, jasper has a. The remainder of the film, largely silent, shows the viewer an evolving. An icon of the american avantgarde, hollis frampton made rigorous, audacious, brainy, and downright thrilling films, leaving behind a body of work that remains unparalleled. In the 1960s, having already been a poet and a photographer, frampton became fascinated with the possibilities of 16 mm filmmaking. The film is constructed in three parts, each of which is meant to represent a phase of intellectual development. In such radically playful and visually and sonically arresting.
The film is expressively edited, featuring numerous implications and nods to factors of filmmaking time. The first five minutes of this experimental film is a female recitation from the 1800 book the bay state primer. He was best known for his innovative and nonlinear structural films that defined the movement, including lemon 1969, zorns lemma 1970 and 1971, as well as his anthology book, circles of confusion. Originally starting as a series of photographs, the nonnarrative film is structured around a 24letter latin alphabet. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing ec zorns lemma near you. The life and work of ski legend dick durrance the movie filenuke. A rhythmically edited alphabet composed of street and shop signs shot in new york city and other elements is gradually replaced by repeated seemingly abstract shots in this influential structuralist film. It remains, along with michael snows wavelength and tony conrads the flicker, one of the best known examples of structural filmmaking.
Silence follows for 45 minutes while public signs and graffiti are shown. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. It is named after zorns lemma also known as the kuratowskizorn lemma, a proposition of set theory formulated by mathematician max zorn in 1935. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. In this sense, we see how zorns lemma can be seen as a powerful tool, especially in the sense of unified mathematics clarification needed. March 11, 1936 march 30, 1984 was an american avantgarde filmmaker, photographer, writer, theoretician, and pioneer of digital art. A true avantgarde film that is hard to watch for the untrained eye. The short first part, which mimics the intellectual and moral education of young. While a full hour of imagery put in a loop might sound painfully dull, eventually and gradually the viewer learns to accept the imagery and be.