Vertical Features Remake (1978)

Tongue-in-cheek, early Greenaway short reflects the incredibly meticulous encyclopedic nature of his early films. An attempt is made to "reconstruct" a proposed, but never made, film ... See full summary »

Director:

Peter Greenaway

Writer:

Peter Greenaway

Stars:

Colin Cantlie

Cast

Cast overview:
Colin Cantlie	...	Narrator (voice)

Storyline

Tongue-in-cheek, early Greenaway short reflects the incredibly meticulous encyclopedic nature of his early films. An attempt is made to "reconstruct" a proposed, but never made, film according to some reasonably vague directions. The attempt is made over and over because of conflicting interpretations of the instructions.

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Plot Keywords:

archive | lost film | man against nature | old photograph | telephone pole | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

1978 (UK)

Also Known As:

Remake delle fattezze verticale

Company Credits

Production Co:

Arts Council of Great Britain

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Crazy Credits

"The Institute of Restoration and Reclamation would like to acknowledge the assistance of Donald Lazenby, Cedric Pheasant and Ian MacMorrin in the making of this film". Continuing the film, an imaginary organization thanks imaginary people.

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Connections

References Dear Phone (1976)

User Reviews

An absurdist masterpiece of structural filmmaking

An examination by a group of rival academics to remake an incomplete and largely missing film allegedly made by Tulse Luper. The film in question is called Vertical Lists, or Vertical Features, which shows vertical objects like posts, poles, tree trunks etc in a domestic landscape. Each remake uses a differing structure of counting and musical technique to count the 121 (11x11) vertical objects that Tulse Luper allegedly planned for the project.