I Can Almost See It

Shot from the inside of a house and through a window’s curtains, one can sometimes distinguish the colorful flowers in the yard outside. But, as in much of her other film work, JoAnn Elam is apparently more interested in filming textures, light, and colors. Panning over the curtains at various speed, the camera captures their rhythm and the effect of the light on their fabric at close range, until it becomes difficult to identify the object turned pure light and movement.

Credits

JoAnn Elam (filmmaker)

Complete catalog record
Date: circa 1974
Cfa collection: JoAnn Elam Collection
Subjects: Flowers; Experimental
Language: English
Cfa elements: Reversal Positive Print, 350 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/7877

Sources

  1. Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video