A young woman -- Miss Boissonas -- sleeps, walks, lies,
or sits at the bottom of a huge metal cylinder which
fills the entire screen. The camera, in a fixed position
throughout, is suspended from above the cylinder along
its central axis and points downwards. There is a hole
at the bottom and side of the cylinder, from which water
or sand sometimes flows to submerge the young woman
who remains passive throughout. For minutes on end
there is no action; she is either immobile or changes position only slightly. No camera movement occurs during the
13 "scenes". The "events" of this provocative, oppressive
example of minimal cinema repeat themselves. The film
is circular and has no temporal progression. Its minimal
form becomes a metaphor of the human condition.
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or sits at the bottom of a huge metal cylinder which
fills the entire screen. The camera, in a fixed position
throughout, is suspended from above the cylinder along
its central axis and points downwards. There is a hole
at the bottom and side of the cylinder, from which water
or sand sometimes flows to submerge the young woman
who remains passive throughout. For minutes on end
there is no action; she is either immobile or changes position only slightly. No camera movement occurs during the
13 "scenes". The "events" of this provocative, oppressive
example of minimal cinema repeat themselves. The film
is circular and has no temporal progression. Its minimal
form becomes a metaphor of the human condition.