Nostalgia (1971 film)

Film by artist Hollis Frampton

(nostalgia)

Directed by| Hollis Frampton
Narrated by| Michael Snow

Release date

* 1971 (1971)

Running time

| 38 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Nostalgia, styled (nostalgia), is a 1971 American experimental film by artist Hollis Frampton.[1] It is part of his Hapax Legomena series.[2][3]

## Summary

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The film is composed of black-and-white still photographs taken by Frampton during his early artistic explorations which are slowly burned on the element of a hot plate, while the soundtrack offers personal comments on the content of the images, read by fellow artist Michael Snow. Each comment/story is heard in succession before the related photograph appears onscreen, thus causing the viewer to actively engage with the 'past' and 'present' moments as presented within the film.[4]

## Legacy

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In 2003, Nostalgia was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The Librarian of Congress, James H. Billington described it (along with Film Portrait by Jerome Hill) as "avant-garde classics considered eloquent and evocative explorations of memory and family".[5][6] The film is part of Anthology Film Archives' Essential Cinema Repertory collection.[7]

It is available on the DVD collection Treasures IV: American Avant-Garde Film, 1947-1986 (2008),[8] as well as in a Hollis Frampton box set from the Criterion Collection A Hollis Frampton Odyssey (2012).[9]

## See also

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* List of American films of 1971
* Nostalgia
* Still image film

## References

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1. ^ THIRTY YEARS OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENT CINEMA ON EXHIBITION (1979) on MoMA.org
2. ^ The Criterion Channel
3. ^ Hollis Frampton Collection - Collection - Harvard Film Archive
4. ^ Your Daily Short: Hollis Frampton's "(nostalgia)" - MTV
5. ^ "25 Films Added to National Film Registry - News Releases (Library of Congress)". Loc.gov. 2003-12-16. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
6. ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
7. ^ "Essential Cinema". Anthology Film Archives. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
8. ^ Treasure IV: American Avant-Garde Film, 1947-1986 (Image Entertainment)·Senses of Cinema
9. ^ A Hollis Frampton Odyssey ()-Criterion Collection

## External links

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* (nostalgia) essay on the National Film Registry website
* Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia at IMDb
* Official site of Hollis Frampton
* "Criterion Collection Essay". Retrieved 27 April 2012.
* (nostalgia) essay by Daniel Eagan in America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry, A&C Black, 2010 ISBN 0826429777, pages 679-681

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* Lemon (1969)
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