South Slope: What Love Tells Me

Overview

South Slope: What Love Tells Me is a 16mm film made in 1978-1980 by the artist Abbott Meader. It is a dramatic portrait of a piece of land in Maine as seen through the seasons filmed over a period of two years. It is both a documentary and a film poem structured to respond to the 6th Movement of Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony as performed by the Portland (Maine) Symphony Orchestra, which kindly donated the performance recording for use in this film. Mahler's subtitle for the 6th Movement is ""What Love Tells Me.""

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1980

Original language

English

Countries

United States of America

Director

Abbott Meader

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt11064642