Dear Phone 1976 All ages
Dear Phone 1976 All ages
16MM, COLOUR, MONO, 17 MINUTES, UK, ENGLISH / DIRECTOR/SCRIPT/CINEMATOGRAPHER/EDITOR: PETER GREENAWAY / PRINT SOURCE/RIGHTS: BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE
Peter Greenaway has always opposed the idea of a cinema that presents itself as illustrated text, arguing instead that cinema should develop its own distinctive visual language. In Dear Phone Greenaway illustrates this argument by parodying the idea of literally filming text. Greenaway’s unintelligible handwriting is juxtaposed with a voiceover that narrates the various uses and abuses of an icon of British culture — the red telephone box — filmed in diverse locations, and at various angles and times of the day.
Contact: Sun 13 Sept 1.00pm / Cinema B (Program screens in the following order: Intervals, H is for House, Windows, Water Wrackets and Dear Phone)
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