Geography of the Body

Short / Experimental
USA, 1943, 7 min

Directed by:

Willard Maas

Cinematography:

Marie Menken

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The wrinkles and curves of a naked female and male body, shot from unexpected angles through a magnifying glass, provoke an associative stream of commentary by British poet George Barker, whose ornamental tongue wrapped with a raw gaze of the skin is concluded by Aristophanes's exclamation: "The desire and pursuit of the whole is called love." (Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival)

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