Where to Watch Zorns Lemma (1970) in the US

What it's about

A voice is heard reading a series of couplets from the Bay State Primer, before there begins a series of shots. A visual alphabet, composed of street and shop signs is gone over again and again in a loop, using new signs and words each time. As the film progresses, each letter of the alphabet is slowly and progressively replaced using a new image for each letter, including a man painting a wall, a woman speaking, a clementine being peeled, etc. As each letter continues to be gradually replaced, the images for the letters already replaced progress in action: the man finishes the wall, the peeling of the clementine is completed. At the end, a shot of a couple with their dog is shown to be walking into the woods in a single long shot, whilst six women take turns speaking Grosseteste's "On Light, or the Ingression of Forms" to a rhythm, each speaking a different word every second.

Cast and crew

Director

Hollis Frampton

Starring

Rosemarie Castoro, Ginger Michels, Marcia Steinbrecher

Details

Release date

Sep 12, 1970

Language

English

Country

United States

Where to Watch Zorns Lemma (1970) in the US — common questions

Where to watch Zorns Lemma in the United States?

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