Hapax Legomena II: Poetic Justice (1972)

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Runtime : 31M

Director : Hollis Frampton

Synopsis

Poetic Justice presents the viewer with an ordinary domestic scene: a stack of papers, a cup of coffee, and a potted cactus on a table. The sheets of paper compose a script that provides handwritten, frame-by-frame instructions for a film that unfolds only in the mind of the viewer.

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Hollis Frampton
Hollis Frampton
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