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Surface Tension

  • 1968
  • 10m
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5.9/10
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Surface Tension (1968)
Short

An experimental film by Hollis Frampton documenting a man talking while a telephone rings, a tour of New York, and a goldfish.An experimental film by Hollis Frampton documenting a man talking while a telephone rings, a tour of New York, and a goldfish.An experimental film by Hollis Frampton documenting a man talking while a telephone rings, a tour of New York, and a goldfish.

  • Director
    • Hollis Frampton
  • Star
    • Kasper König
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    5.9/10
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    • Director
      • Hollis Frampton
    • Star
      • Kasper König
    • 5User reviews
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    It Must Be Art, I Don't Understand It

    One of the reviewers exhorts us to accept this for what it is. I thnk it's a waste of film, something conceived and shot while someone was high on some reality-shifting drugs. First, we hear a phone ring, while a man talks in sped-up motion for forty-five minutes of his time, four minutes by screen time; next, we get to see the scenery as someone walks across the Brooklyn Bridge and up to Central Park Lake, again in sped-up time. Finally, an image of a swimming goldfish is superimposed on crashing waves and various words, like "hippopotami" and "American cigarette ads."

    The human mind is a pattern-finding machine, adept at finding patterns even when none actually exist. This film abuses the privilege.

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      The only film appearance of Kasper König.

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    • Release date
      • April 10, 2012 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
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      10 minutes
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      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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