Portrait (1978)
This silent 9 minute film is like a 'pointillist painting' come to life - where grainy shapes reveal themselves to be part of a visual jigsaw puzzle - an assembly over time - and where the film-maker's daughter serves to be the subject of this painting in time. Razutis uses re-photography and camera movements that mimick the eye's 'saccadic eye movement' in revealing the visual sequence and interaction between daughter and father. The revelation is conducted over repeating sequences whose content is 'sampled' as if in the construction of a memory as puzzle.
Director: Al Razutis
Runtime: 9 min
Release Date: January 1, 1978
Country: Canada
Language: No Language
Original Language: en
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Portrait about?
- This silent 9 minute film is like a 'pointillist painting' come to life - where grainy shapes reveal themselves to be part of a visual jigsaw puzzle - an assembly over time - and where the film-maker's daughter serves to be the subject of this painting in time. Razutis uses re-photography and camera movements that mimick the eye's 'saccadic eye movement' in revealing the visual sequence and interaction between daughter and father. The revelation is conducted over repeating sequences whose content is 'sampled' as if in the construction of a memory as puzzle.
- Who directed Portrait?
- Portrait was directed by Al Razutis.
- How long is Portrait?
- Portrait has a runtime of 9m (9 minutes).
- Where was Portrait produced?
- Portrait was produced in Canada.