Interim (film)

Interim is a 1953 American short film drama directed by Stan Brakhage. It was the first film directed by Stan Brakhage, whose expansive filmography has made him an influential figure in experimental film.

Interim
Directed byStan Brakhage
StarringWalter Newcomb
Janice Hubka
Music byJames Tenney
CinematographyStan Phillips
Distributed byCanyon Cinema
Release date
  • 1953 (1953)
Running time
​25 1⁄2 minutes
CountryUnited States

Plot

The film contains no dialogue, starring only a man and a woman, who meet as if by chance and walk into the countryside together where they stop and kiss. They then return to town before parting again.

Production

The film was shot in black-and-white 16 mm film. Around the time of production, Brakhage was heavily influenced by Italian neorealism (Camper 2003; Rowin 2010).

This was his first of many collaborations on film with composer and childhood friend James Tenney, who wrote the piano score for the film at the age of eighteen (Shen 2003). In a foreword published by Brakhage, he cites a fault between himself and Tenney's mother for convincing Tenney to become a musician, shortly before composing the soundtrack for Interim (Brakhage 1987).

Release

16 mm prints of the film are distributed by Canyon Cinema both for rent and for sale to institutions. The organization is also a licensee for many of Brakhage's filmography (Canyon Cinema).

References
  • Brakhage, Stan (1987). "James Tenney". Perspectives of New Music. 25 (1–2): 470. doi:10.2307/833113. JSTOR 833113.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • "'Interim'". Catalog. Canyon Cinema. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  • Camper, Fred (7 July 2003). "Maverick Ensemble Festival". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 9 October 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Rowin, Michael Joshua (22 November 2010). "At Nineteen, A Visionary in the Making: Stan Brakhage's 'Interim'". Theater Critic's Choice. Fandor. Retrieved 9 October 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Shen, Ted (10 July 2003). "Maverick Ensemble". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 9 October 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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