Soft fiction /

Duration: 54

Year Published: 1979

Creator: Chick Strand.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Strand, Chick.

Description: Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only. CBPF; PFA 1620-01-15880. Restricted: not for research use.; Presents five women, each relating a powerful personal experience directly to the camera. The title evokes the soft line between truth and fiction, the artist's approach to documentary.; "Chick Strand's SOFT FICTION is a personal documentary that brilliantly portrays the survival power of female sensuality. It combines the documentary approach with a sensuous lyrical expressionism. Strand focuses her camera on people talking about their own experience, capturing subtle nuances in facial expressions and gestures that are rarely seen in cinema. The title SOFT FICTION works on several levels. It evokes the soft line between truth and fiction that characterizes Strand's own approach to documentary, and suggests the idea of softcore fiction, which is appropriate to the film's erotic content and style. It's rare to find an erotic film with a female perspective dominating both the narrative discourse and the visual and audio rhythms with which the film is structured. Strand continues to celebrate in her brilliant, innovative personal documentaries her theme, the reaffirmation of the tough resilience of the human spirit." - Marsha Kinder, Film Quarterly; PFA 1620-01-15880. D0482 donation 2012/06/27 CBPF; PFA 1620-01-15880. Edge code: Eastman. Former Canyon release print. CONDITION NOTE: Inspected 2012/07/09 gc; excellent condition; some sticky mess (black goo, midreel), needs cleaning; coated.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE