![Arabic Numeral Series 18](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3uoArkWlOZ4cSnPs6pUOe3Q1bw2.jpg)
Arabic Numeral Series 18
“With some exceptions, the Arabics take the idea of the void as their ground. That is, the light we do see almost always seems to be set against darkness, or occasionally against white, these momentary flickers that materialize tenuously out of emptiness. But the darkness is not ‘night,’ or even simply some more abstract absence of light, but a more profound vacuum: it represents a world stripped of all the coordinates of the known, an unmeasurable absence. […] These lushly sensual, pleasurable-to-view films are also terrifying: their unpredictability, continually enacting new dramas of surprise, alternatively swamps the viewer in light and leaves him adrift in darkness.”
- Overview
- Crew
- Recommendations
Arabic Numeral Series 18
- Overview
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Jan 18, 1982
Runtime
0h 9m
User Score
100%
Original Title
Arabic Numeral Series 18
Director
Stan Brakhage
Description
“With some exceptions, the Arabics take the idea of the void as their ground. That is, the light we do see almost always seems to be set against darkness, or occasionally against white, these momentary flickers that materialize tenuously out of emptiness. But the darkness is not ‘night,’ or even simply some more abstract absence of light, but a more profound vacuum: it represents a world stripped of all the coordinates of the known, an unmeasurable absence. […] These lushly sensual, pleasurable-to-view films are also terrifying: their unpredictability, continually enacting new dramas of surprise, alternatively swamps the viewer in light and leaves him adrift in darkness.”