Palinode (1970)

In Palinode a diskshaped matte continually shifting in and out of focus alternately blocks part of the image or contains it Its respiratory rhythm matches operatic fragments of Wladimir Vogels Wagadu as the camera studies a middleaged male singer in Zurich singing eating window shopping and meeting a young girl The filmmaker told himself Dont let yourself know what that film is about while you are making it P Adams Sitney Film Comment