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Wavelength

  • 19671967
  • 43m
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5.4/10
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Wavelength (1967)
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Claimed by some to be one of the most unconventional and experimental films ever made, Wavelength is a structural film of a 45-minute long zoom in on a window over a period of a week. Very u... Read allClaimed by some to be one of the most unconventional and experimental films ever made, Wavelength is a structural film of a 45-minute long zoom in on a window over a period of a week. Very unconventional and experimental, indeed.Claimed by some to be one of the most unconventional and experimental films ever made, Wavelength is a structural film of a 45-minute long zoom in on a window over a period of a week. Very unconventional and experimental, indeed.
IMDb RATING
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2.8K
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    • Michael Snow
    • Michael Snow
  • Stars
    • Hollis Frampton
    • Lyne Grossman
    • Naoto Nakazawa
    • Michael Snow
    • Michael Snow
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    • Hollis Frampton
    • Lyne Grossman
    • Naoto Nakazawa
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    • 12Critic reviews
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    Hollis Frampton
    Lyne Grossman
    Naoto Nakazawa
    Roswell Rudd
    Amy Taubin
    Joyce Wieland
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    • Trivia
      Michael Snow has stated that his intent with the film was for it to be "a summation of my nervous system, religious inklings and aesthetic ideas."
    • Quotes

      Woman in fur coat: I just got here, and there's a man lying on the floor, and I think he's dead.

    • Connections
      Edited into WVLNT: Wavelength For Those Who Don't Have The Time (2003)
    • Soundtracks
      Strawberry Fields Forever
      Written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

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    Pretentious Claptrap Masquerading as Art
    I have never written a review of a movie on IMDb, and in all likelihood I never will again. But I feel an urgent need to reiterate that Snow's Wavelength is nothing more than an exercise in pomp and meaninglessness that earns its reputation by seducing a small class of over-educated people who feel a need to profess some sort of privileged access and understanding to something that the masses simply "don't get."

    Nothing could be further from the truth, though. Good art requires that meaning be contained within the text. Events take place; people say things -- those should be the very basic requirements for art. The tools of cinema -- editing, camera placement and movement, and so forth -- are important, but alone, don't cut it. A mere, 'cool' concept doesn't suffice. So skip the earth-shattering, condescending, pretension of Wavelength -- and its musical analogue in the "compositions" (I use that phrase lightly) of John Cage -- and instead look elsewhere, in films and works that seek to communicate real ideas about human experience. If you do feel a need to profess a real knowledge of "art," watch Bergman's "Wild Strawberries," or Fellini's "8 1/2." Heck, rent "E.T." for goodness sake. But please don't be fooled by by this junk.
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      • March 17, 1967 (Canada)
      • Canada
      • United States
      • English
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      • New York City, New York, USA
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