Letters & Dishes
Film Identifier: F.2011-01-0230
Run Time
0h 3m 53s
0h 3m 53s
Format
8mm
8mm
Color
Color
Color
Sound
Silent
Silent
Date Produced
1978
1978
Abstract
Elam’s “Letters and Dishes” consists of two main sections. The initial sequence opens on white letters strewn about other clutter. The camera, mirroring the mess, flops about sketching the room slightly out of focus. In survey, Elam lays out three players: a figure donning full US Postal uniform (possibly Joe), a frizzed-hair woman putting herself together, and a dog, tail thumping, intently afoot at a kitchen table. The latter sequence settles to a fixed vantage, documenting a pair of hands washing dishes, similar to the hands at work in Elam's “Joe & Greens.”
Elam’s “Letters and Dishes” consists of two main sections. The initial sequence opens on white letters strewn about other clutter. The camera, mirroring the mess, flops about sketching the room slightly out of focus. In survey, Elam lays out three players: a figure donning full US Postal uniform (possibly Joe), a frizzed-hair woman putting herself together, and a dog, tail thumping, intently afoot at a kitchen table. The latter sequence settles to a fixed vantage, documenting a pair of hands washing dishes, similar to the hands at work in Elam's “Joe & Greens.”
Main Credits
Elam, JoAnn (is filmmaker)
Genre
Form