FILMTSThis Surface1972

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Name: This Surface
Released: 1972
Duration: 11 min

11m runtime

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film with a runtime of 11 minutes, released in 1972. Presented in English.

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Runtime11m

Minutes11

One SittingYes

With Break23m

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This surface and Edge [also being screened in this programme] are two of 5 Films (View, This surface, Actor, Edge, Between) made by David Hall and Tony Sinden in 1973. These works investigated the primal conditions of cinema itself. The films explore the relationship between screen image and spatio-temporal illusion – the materiality of the screen in relationship to the image as representation. Ideas that each artist would continue to explore after collaboration. But further to these concerns, these films mark a vital phase in the process of both artists as they sought to create a body of work with intellectual rigour without sacrificing the imaginative and aesthetic qualities of art.

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Runtime11m

Can Finish TonightYes

One SittingYes

With Break23m

Movie Facts

Release Year1972

Runtime11m

LanguageEnglish

DirectorDavid Hall, Tony Sinden

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