Visions of a City


Rental Format(s): 16mm film / Digital File

Originally shot in 1957 and edited in 1978.

The protagonist, poet Michael McClure, emerges from the all-reflection imagery of glass shop and car windows, bottles, mirrors, etc. in scenes which are also accurate portraits of both McClure and the city of San Francisco in 1957. At the same time it is a lyric and mystical film, building to a crescendo of rhythmically intercut shots of McClure's face, seemingly trapped on the glazed surface of the city. Music by William Moraldo. I don't think of this as an "early film" anymore, since it never came together until '78. Now it's tight.

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16mm film $35.00  
Digital File $35.00  

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