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Desistfilm

Desistfilm

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1954

Runtime

0h 7m

Genres

Drama

User Score

55%

Original Title

Desistfilm

Director

Stan Brakhage

Budget

$120

Description

Four young men and a young woman sit in boredom. She smokes while one strums a lute, one looks at a magazine, and two fiddle with string. The door opens and in comes a young man, cigarette between his lips, a swagger on his face. The young woman laughs. As the four young men continue disconnected activities, the other two become a couple. When the four realize something has changed, first they stare at the couple who have kissed and now are dancing slowly. The four run from the house in a kind of frenzy and return to stare. The power of sex has unnerved them.