Ruskin

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Audience Score
57
Ruskin
NR 45 minMy Hand Outstretched to the Winged Distance and Sightless Measure PosterPart of My Hand Outstretched to the Winged Distance and Sightless Measure
Ruskin visits the sites of art critic John Ruskins work London the Alps and above all Venice where the cameras attention to masonry and the interaction of architecture and water mimics the authors descriptive analysis of the stones of the city The sound of pages turning and the image of a book Ruskins Unto This Last forcibly reminds us that a poets perceptions and in this case his political economy are preserved and reawakened through acts of reading and writing P Adams Sitney
DirectorRobert Beavers

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Original Language:English

My Hand Outstretched to the Winged Distance and Sightless Measure

Avant-garde film by Robert Beavers. At first glance, this expression appears like a poetic riddle, but its practical relevance becomes quite obvious for those who see and hear the films. Beavers has worked extensively on re-editing his films to create the larger film cycle "My Hand Outstretched to the Winged Distance and Sightless Measure," a project started in 1968 and finished in 2002.