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The Passage of the Bride

8.0(1)19806m1

"Solomon's work - some of the best of contemporary experimental film - is difficult. Its optical and moral density eludes language, as if the films, which are often dark and cracked, were a palimpsest of obscured meaning. His PASSAGE OF THE BRIDE is dedicated to Duchamp's alter ego, Rrose Selavy - the title recalls Duchamp's 'The Bride Stripped Bare by the Bachelors, Even' - and is itself a ready-made, composed entirely from a 100-foot roll of wedding footage and what appears to be the honeymoon. BRIDE is hypnotic, dreamy. Solomon compulsively repeats recognizable images until they melt like distilled essences of the originals: The bride's run across a lawn, her climb into a car, a man (her husband?) emerging from a swim all become undulating black and white swirls of grain, ripples of water ...." - Manohla Dargis, The Village Voice

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Director

Phil Solomon

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United States of America

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    • Theatrical (limited)Boston Film/Video Foundation18 Dec 1980
    • Theatrical (limited)Cinemateque, 800 Chestnut St., San Francisco29 Jan 1981

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The Passage of the Bride was released on 18 December 1980.

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