Line Describing a Cone (1973)
- Directed by
- Anthony McCall
- Genre
- experimental film, film installation
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 30 min
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 3 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.
How it feels
This is a 30-minute experimental film that reduces cinema to a single beam of light projected through smoke filled air. The light gradually forms a three dimensional cone shape that viewers can walk around and touch.
minimalistmeditativeabstractcerebralcontemplativeexperientialsparsehypnotic
What happens
Line Describing a Cone is an avant-garde film produced in 1973 by artist Anthony McCall as part of his "solid light" film series. McCall's reduction of film to the essential properties of the medium resembles the work of other radical artists of his time, and has inspired various projects by artists such as Stan Douglas, Richard Serra, and Gordon Matta-Clark. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Wavelength (1967)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.