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<---> (1969)

<---> poster
Original title
<–––>
Directed by
Michael Snow
Genre
experimental film
Country
Canada
Runtime
52 min
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The camera moves back and forth inside and outside a classroom. There is no story or characters.

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What happens

Back and Forth, also known as <--->, is a 1969 structural film by Canadian director Michael Snow. Shot in and outside a classroom at the Madison, New Jersey campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University, the camera pans and tilts with varying frequency. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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