Wavelength

– Wavelength consists of almost no action, and what action does occur is largely elided. If the film c..

Type:
TVSeries
Rating:
5.80 / 10
Duration:
45 Minutes
Release Year:
1967
Wavelength (1967)

Wavelength consists of almost no action, and what action does occur is largely elided. If the film could be said to have a conventional plot, this would presumably refer to the three “character” scenes. Snow’s intent for the film was “a summation of my nervous system, religious inklings and aesthetic ideas,” he said of the 45-minute-long zoom that incorporates in its time frame four human events, including a man’s death. In the first scene two people enter a room, chat briefly, and listen to “Strawberry Fields Forever” on the radio. Later, a man (played by filmmaker Hollis Frampton) enters inexplicably and dies on the floor. And last, the female owner of the apartment is heard and seen on the phone, speaking, with strange calm, about the dead man in her apartment whom she has never seen before.

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Release Date:

17 Mar 1967

Language:

English

Director:

Michael Snow

Writer:

Michael Snow

Main Actors:

Hollis Frampton, Lyne Grossman, Naoto Nakazawa, Roswell Rudd

Plot:

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.

Awards:

1 win.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.8/10