''Interim'' is a 1953 American
short film
A short film is a film with a low running time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of not more than 40 minutes including all credits". Other film o ...
drama directed by
Stan Brakhage. It was the first film directed by Stan Brakhage, whose
expansive filmography has made him an influential figure in
experimental film.
Plot
The film contains no
dialogue, starring only a man and a woman, who meet as if by chance and walk into the countryside together where they stop and kiss. They then return to town before parting again.
Production
The film was shot in
black-and-white 16 mm film
16 mm film is a historically popular and economical Film gauge, gauge of Photographic film, film. 16 mm refers to the width of the film (about inch); other common film gauges include 8 mm film, 8 mm and 35mm movie film, 35 mm. It ...
. Around the time of production, Brakhage was heavily influenced by
Italian neorealism.
This was his first of many collaborations on film with composer and childhood friend
James Tenney, who wrote the
piano score for the film at the age of eighteen. In a
foreword
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published by Brakhage, he cites a fault between himself and Tenney's mother for convincing Tenney to become a musician, shortly before composing the soundtrack for ''Interim''.
Release
16 mm prints of the film are distributed by
Canyon Cinema both for rent and for sale to institutions. The organization is also a licensee for many of Brakhage's filmography.
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1953 films
Films directed by Stan Brakhage
American black-and-white films
1953 drama films
American drama short films
1950s English-language films
1950s American films
American avant-garde and experimental short films
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