“This film metaphors an entire human life: birth, sex, death – the framing device is the fingers and palm of the maker’s hand, wherein others only attempt to read the future.” – Stan Brakhage
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Part of Hapax Legomena 7-Part Series
7 films
Hapax Legomena I: (nostalgia)
Movie · 1971
Hapax Legomena III: Critical Mass
Movie · 1971
Hapax Legomena IV: Travelling Matte
Movie · 1971
Hapax Legomena VII: Special Effects
Movie · 1972
Hapax Legomena VI: Remote Control
Movie · 1972
Hapax Legomena II: Poetic Justice
Movie · 1972
Hapax Legomena V: Ordinary Matter
Movie · 1972
Cast
1 person
Hollis Frampton Director
United States release December 4, 1971 · Produced in United States
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Release dates
United States · November 20, 1971
Premiere · Millennium Film Workshop
United States · December 4, 1971
Limited theatrical · Carnegie Museum of Art
United Kingdom
October 24, 2009 · London Film Festival
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