The Potted Psalm (S)
1946·United States·24 min.
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A soundless mix of story fragments and images. Initially, images of death, a man with a guitar, a soirée. Some images are surreal: an older woman eats a leaf; a headless man pours a cocktail into his body. A woman in white walks toward a building, isolated and in ruins, where a man waits. Then more images, some in reflections, some distorted, many in close-ups: women's feet in high heels, two bare feet at play, a snail, a knife, a mask, a woman mugging next to it. Women provocatively dance. A woman's face, staring without affect, rises partially out of water. Now wearing a dark jacket, the woman in white runs as if for her life. Is death at hand, or just images?
MusicFrancean Campbell
CastBeatrix Perry·Harry Honig·Joyce M. Geary·Donald Nelson·Ann Whittington·Bernice Van Gelder·Janice Dieckman·Victoria Vinugo
Original titleThe Potted Psalm (S)