Works and Days

Overview

By stripping the sound from a pre-existing instructional film, Frampton conjures, with an economy of means, the everyday movements then being explored by the Judson Dance Theater. "I bought this film in a Canal Street junk shop for $1.00 and found myself in complete agreement with it. The ostensible pretext is the humane and practical discipline of making a vegetable garden (hence the title, borrowed from Hesiod). The gardeners are masters of their art, so that their work blossoms into overarching metaphor." —HF.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 1, 1969

Original language

English

Director

Hollis Frampton

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0131139