Somewhere Between Jalostotitlan and Encarnacion

Somewhere Between Jalostotitlan and Encarnacion

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1984

Runtime

0h 6m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Somewhere Between Jalostotitlan and Encarnacion

Director

Philip Hoffman

Description

“The bus stopped on the Mexican highway, placing us in full view of a young boy, motionless, on the hot pavement. In this film, the incident is revealed through a poetic text, derived from my written journals. The poetry mixes primarily with Mexican streetscapes which compliment the text in a tonal sense. Most images are twenty-eight seconds long, the ‘breath’ of the 16mm Bolex camera. A lone saxophone (Mike Callich) weaves its way through the narrative, blending to make stronger the tomes and accentuations of the images.” (PH)