Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia

19711971
36min

Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia (1971)

Frampton slowly burning his black and white photographs as he describes and tells the story behind them.Frampton slowly burning his black and white photographs as he describes and tells the story behind them.Frampton slowly burning his black and white photographs as he describes and tells the story behind them.

Director
- Hollis Frampton
Star
- Michael Snow

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Awards
- 1 win

Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia (1971)

Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia (1971)

Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia (1971)

Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia (1971)

Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia (1971)

Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia (1971)

Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia (1971)

Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia (1971)

Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia (1971)

Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia (1971)

Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia (1971)

Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia (1971)

Narratoras Narrator

Zorns Lemma

6.6

Ballet mécanique

6.7

Ballet mécanique

Hapax Legomena III: Critical Mass

5.8

Hapax Legomena III: Critical Mass

Surface Tension

5.9

Surface Tension

Outer Space

7.1

Entr'acte

7.4

6.4

The Mad Masters

6.7

The Mad Masters

Winter Solstice

5.6

Winter Solstice

Process Red

5.0

Pan 0

4.3

Wavelength

5.6

Thirteen different black-and-white photographs are laid down on a hotplate, one by one. As each slowly burn and melt up one by one, stories and memories of the different subject are provided by narration, written in first-person to imply the filmmaker is speaking. Subjects include a man on a bed, a smoking man, a shot through a window, etc. —Tornado_Sam

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Genre
- Short
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
The stories being told about the photos are played after the photo is shown. The narrator tells the story behind a photo of a metronome but on screen is a photo of a room. The metronome photo is shown only after the story about its creation is finished being told. This creates a sense of temporal disjointedness so the viewer is simultaneously hearing the future while experiencing the past.

Top review

9/10

Memory vision and hearing blend in the grey matter

In both this and Zorn's Lemma Hollis rips apart the connection between sound and sight. This movie uses memory to effect the change, Zorn's Lemma uses repetition and minimal plot to achieve similar results.

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pthomann
Sep 22, 2001

Release date
- January 21, 1971 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- Nostalgia
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Runtime
- 36min
Color
- Black and White
Sound mix
- Stereo
- Mono
Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1

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