Wintercourse
- Paul Sharits |
- 1962 |
- 12 minutes |
- B&W |
- SILENT
Rental Format(s): 16mm film, 18 fps
Discovered in summer of 1985, of a set of "haiku-imagistic films" I did before coming to my characteristic style, as in RAY GUN VIRUS; I thought I'd destroyed all these pre-pure films, in about 1969-1970, the time of my separation from my first marriage. The film concerns my marriage, which lasted seven years; it was shot during its first year, when I was a painting student at the University of Denver. It is full of apprehensions, in a montage style which counterposes "opposites": sexuality and religion; seasonal opposites; hopefulness undercut by fears of eventual separation (the image of a statue of two women, arm in arm, reading a book). I find it visually and kinetically interesting, after all these years.
NEW RESTORATION PRINT FROM ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVE (2013)