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Nostalgia (1971)

Nostalgia poster
Original title
Hapax Legomena I: (nostalgia)
Directed by
Hollis Frampton
Genre
independent film
Country
United States
Runtime
36 min
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 32 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film shows a series of photographs being burned on a hot plate. A voiceover describes each image, but the descriptions do not match the photos being burned, creating a disorienting effect.

contemplativemelancholicslow-pacedcerebralintimatereflectiveminimalistquietpersonal

What happens

Nostalgia, styled (nostalgia), is a 1971 American experimental film by artist Hollis Frampton. It is part of his Hapax Legomena series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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