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Movie poster: Private Parts (1988)
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Private Parts

1988 · 13 min
5.0 / 10 · TMDB

Working in the diaristic mode of lyrical cinema, Marjorie Keller arranges fleeting impressions of a summer vacation as pearls on a string. Her deliberate rhyming of color and light contrasts wondrously with the incidental nature of the scenes depicted. Rockets are fired off in the backyard, mussels collected on a rocky shore and plates passed down a long picnic table. Keller’s montage grazes the sublime mystery of feeling at home.

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Year 1988
Country United States of America
Director Marjorie Keller
Runtime 13 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.0/10 (1 votes)

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Keller constructs the film as a visual diary, relying on the rhythm of montage and the play of light to explore the boundary between casual observation and deliberate composition. She uses fragments of domestic life to craft a cohesive lyrical experience.

What lingers after viewing is a sense of sublime mystery in the ordinary, a quiet celebration of fleeting moments woven into the fabric of memory. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Marjorie Keller

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