Country:France

Director:Straub & Huillet

Program:The Lineage of Parallel Cinema

Summary:

This riddling short work takes its basis in the work of poet Stephane Mallarme whose title phrase is now in common usage. The film confines itself to a simple cinematic gesture that grants us the freedom to contemplate ions of history and the curious tendencies of humankind. This challenging maneuver may be admittedly cerebral in its character but as with all of Straub/Huillet the experience comes right from the gut.