Hapax Legomena I: (nostalgia)
Hapax Legomena I: (nostalgia)

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Thirteen different black-and-white photographs are laid down on a hotplate, one by one. As each slowly burn and melt up one by one, stories and memories of the different subject are provided by narration, written in first-person to imply the filmmaker is speaking. Subjects include a man on a bed, a smoking man, a shot through a window, etc.... (Full plot summary below)

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Thirteen different black-and-white photographs are laid down on a hotplate, one by one. As each slowly burn and melt up one by one, stories and memories of the different subject are provided by narration, written in first-person to imply the filmmaker is speaking. Subjects include a man on a bed, a smoking man, a shot through a window, etc.

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User Review - 10/10 by Dimitris SAn unclassified memory,desensitized by any...sense of rhythm or burnout,ha!There's not a stitch of parallel narration,no flickering tricks,no nothing!It is what it is,a stylized document with a questionable motive by Frampton's side but his blazing mementos will "light your fire".Seriously,avoid it if you don't want to die out of arteriosclerosis of the eyes!!! However,for the ones who don't mind the challenge of a photographic journey...in shambles,come aboard.
User Review - 10/10 by Reece LFrampton's (nostalgia) centers around just that; nostalgia. Frampton looks back at his early artistic photographs and his early memories of life, burning each photograph he describes as a form emotional catharsis and as a way of providing a physical representation of the ways in which memories fade over time while small details and feelings remain. It's insanely sweet, melancholic, and more than a little sad to watch someone mull over the remnants of their past life and burn them, but the effect is undeniably powerful, and the film as a whole earns its reputation as a classic of experimental cinema with this emotional resonance and universal form of conveyance.
User Review - 10/10 by David S"In (nostalgia), Frampton is clearly working with the experience of cinematic temporality. The major structural strategy is a disjunction between sound and image. We see a series of still photographs, most of them taken by Frampton, slowly burning one at a time on a hotplate. On the soundtrack, we hear Frampton's comments and reminiscences about the photographs. As we watch each photograph burn, we hear the reminiscence pertaining to the following photograph. The sound and image are on two different time schedules. At any moment, we are listening to a commentary about a photograph that we shall be seeing in the future and looking at a photograph that we have just heard about. We are pulled between anticipation and memory. The nature of the commentary reinforces the complexity; it arouses our sense of anticipation by referring to the future; it also reminisces about the past, about the time and conditions under which the photographs were made. The double time sense results in a complex, rich experience." Bill Simon I rarely cite the opinion of a so-called 'expert' or 'critic' but this time the commentary made is absolutely spot-on. Michael Snow: Thanks for coaching this guy Frampton for our visual pleasure! 99/100
User Review - 10/10 by Donovan DMost people - or at least those aware of structural-materialist film - will remember Hollis Frampton from his memorable death scene in Michael Snow's Wavelength. What some may not be aware of is that Frampton was himself a most gifted filmmaker in his own right. Of all his films, the one that has stayed most vivid in my mind is this film, Nostalgia, part 1 of his epic Hapax Legomena project. Here Frampton plays around with a disjunction of sound and image that highlights the nature of time and memory in constructing meaning. A series of photographs are burnt on screen accompanied by a voice-over narration written by Frampton but read by Michael Snow. The twist; Snow talks about the next photograph that will appear after the current photo has finished burning. Its a simple idea, but the complex formal qualities of this work cannot be overstated; few films work so well at highlighting the temporality of the cinematic medium. But what I admire most about Nostalgia more than just about any of the other Structural-Materialist films I've seen is how fascinating and accessible it is. For viewers who are willing to work at listening to the narration, it is a rewarding experience putting the sound and image together - even with the film's cheeky tease of an ending. This is first rate cinema, and a masterpiece not just of the avant-garde but of cinema in general.
User Review - 8/10 by Tio BFilm of photos being placed on a stove's burners and then burnt/melted into wriggling black tortured pieces of... nostalgia? A narrator describes the stories behind the photographs, but it's out of sync. We watch memories burn as the (somehow comical) description reveals experience yet to come. Keep an eye out for the Frank Stella print and the "mystery" photograph.
User Review - 8/10 by Tor MIn this film we see a series of photographs, mostly Frampton's own shots, slowly burning one at a time on a hotplate. At the same time Frampton tells the story of the next picture that we will see, while the picture from the last told story are burning. Sounds tricky? Well, it is not. It's a very simple film, only still camera scenes with voice over. It creates a lust of seeing the next picture but ends up confusing since there always will be some sort of talking while we finally see it. 10/10 for it's orignallity and idea, 8/10 for the result.
User Review - 8/10 by Evan KBrilliant When You Really Dissect Everything Behind It And All The Meanings.

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