The Geography of the Body

Name: The Geography of the Body
Released: 1943-01-01
Duration: 7 min
Cast: George Barker, Willard Maas, Marie Menken

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A quotation from Aristophanes, "The desire and pursuit of the whole is called love," precedes views of a man and a woman's bodies, often in extreme close up. Off-screen, a voice recites fragments of oracular literature and purple prose. We see an eye, an ear, a mouth, a tongue, bits of hair, a hand, the tips of fingers...