The Text of Light (1974)
- Directed by
- Stan Brakhage
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 24 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
The film uses close-up shots of light passing through a glass ashtray to create shifting patterns and colors. There is no story or dialogue, only an exploration of how light and glass can transform what the eye sees.
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What happens
The Text of Light is a 1974 American experimental film directed by Stan Brakhage. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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