![]() ![]() On 13 February 2023, a regular contributor to the thread reported good news. In 2011, a forum thread was begun on a site called camendesign, with sporadic posts documenting fruitless attempts at sourcing the film and pure speculation as to the film’s contents and status of existence. Making things harder for archivists is that Timmis died in 2002 and Groban in 2011, so the obvious ports of call are dwindling. This soporific behemoth has only ever been seen by a few its only known public screening took place in Chicago from January 31 to February 3, 1987, and naturally it has long been believed to be lost. Is his poem narrative? Is it didactic? Is it just a long stream-of-consciousness? I’ve scoured the Internet and found no real clues. Groban is similarly elusive – the best document online for giving a picture of who he was is actually a page of obituaries. He was a local cult legend in Chicago, whose musical sound was punkish and had a similar lo-fi aesthetic to early Liz Phair – search ‘JT IV’ on YouTube to get a feel for his approach to art. I think the title sounds quite appropriate.ĭirector John Henry Timmis IV is a mysterious figure. ![]() Groban reading his eponymous 4000-page poem spliced, with intermittent porn clips and heavy metal videos upsetting the lull. ![]() Little is known about its content, though we know that it largely consists of Chicago poet L.D. It runs for 85 hours, making Out 1 (13 hours), Die Zweite Heimat (25 hours) and Sátántangó (7 hours) look miniscule by comparison. The Cure For Insomnia is acknowledged by Guinness World Records as the longest film ever made. I won’t go into any more detail on that masterpiece, though we all know that it is often dismissed as ‘boring’. Not only for reasons of identity politics (few expected a feminist work by a 24-year-old Jewish lesbian to top the poll), but also in terms of the film’s form. The conquering of the decennial Sight & Sound Greatest Films Poll by Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles is a cultural moment whose reverberations still haven’t even begun to be really felt. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |