Intervals 1969 All ages
Intervals 1969 All ages
16MM, BLACK AND WHITE, MONO, 6 MINUTES, UK, ENGLISH / DIRECTOR/SCRIPT/CINEMATOGRAPHER/EDITOR: PETER GREENAWAY / MUSIC: ANTONIO LUCIO VIVALDI / PRINT SOURCE/RIGHTS: BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE
Intervals is an early example of Peter Greenaway’s interest in exploring structure and sound. Divided into three sections and arranged using the figure 13 — the harmonic structure of Antonio Lucio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons (1723) — the film is an abstract study of how sound and image can function autonomously. Scenes of canals and narrow alleys in Venice are interspersed with images of people walking across and through the film’s frame. The rhythm of succeeding frames are edited alongside the beat of a metronome, a voice reciting the Italian alphabet and extracts from Vivaldi’s music, bringing into play the open-ended process of the indeterminate score.
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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