Zorns Lemma (1970)

Directed by

Hollis Frampton

Genre

independent film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h

Rated

NR

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

The film is built around a 24-letter Latin alphabet. It uses a series of images to explore the form of cinema without telling a story.

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What happens

Zorns Lemma is a 1970 American structural experimental film by Hollis Frampton. Originally starting as a series of photographs, the non-narrative film is structured around a 24-letter classical Latin alphabet. It remains, along with Michael Snow's Wavelength and Tony Conrad's The Flicker, one of the best known examples of structural filmmaking. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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