Manual of Arms
In this "fourteen-part drill for the camera," Frampton created a portrait gallery of his art-world friends engaging in a variety of ordinary activities.
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📋 Film Details
| Year | 1966 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Director | Hollis Frampton |
| Runtime | 17 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 5.0/10 (18 votes) |
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Frampton constructs a cinematic etude that relies on the minimalism of action and the discipline of the frame. It explores the boundary between documentary recording and staging, where the very duration of the gaze transforms the mundane into the meaningful.
What lingers after viewing is a meditative engagement with the pure form of the film portrait, where content yields to the contemplation of seeing itself. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Hollis Frampton
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In silence, as moving painting, full screen.
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