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DVD001614

Narcissus

Maas, Willard; Moore, Ben

in house, 2006

Title:

Narcissus

Director:

Maas, Willard; Moore, Ben

Description:

DVD - Region free.   reference copy.   1 videodisc of 1.
48 minutes.   b/w.   1.33:1.   sound.  

Country:

USA

Year:

1956

Publisher:

in house, 2006

Genre:

Experimental / Avant Garde

Notes:

As described by P. Adams Sitney, Narcissus (Ben Moore) "wanders in desolation through an outdoor corridor formed by two rows of busts of the Roman emperors." Narcissus finds his reflection in a pool, and later in a series of three mirrors which reflect the two different aspects of his sexual identity and "love that insures one a place in the present and history," according to director Willard Maas. Narcissus was Willard Maas' most ambitious project, and probably the first feature-length underground film made in the United States to be shown to the public.