The Geography of the Body
Title:
The Geography of the Body
Quality:
HD
Released:
Jan 01, 1943
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Casts:
George Barker, Willard Maas, Marie Menken
Synopsis The Geography of the Body
A quotation from Aristophanes, "The desire and pursuit of the whole is called love," precedes views of a man and a woman's bodies, often in extreme close up. Off-screen, a voice recites fragments of oracular literature and purple prose. We see an eye, an ear, a mouth, a tongue, bits of hair, a hand, the tips of fingers, toes. Occasionally, the frame includes a larger scape of a body: a chest, a back, a breast. Usually the camera is stationery; sometimes, it moves across a body, remaining in close up. They hold hands for one moment. The bodies are without clothes; no genitalia are visible.
- George Barker
- Willard Maas
- Marie Menken