LEADER 00000ngm 2200325Ma 4500 001 43993925 005 20000506 TAPE oclc9991: 0121 007 mr baaadmnartnnac199212 008 000710s1967 xxu031 mleng d 009 Reclvl: f Addate: 000710 Addid: OCL Moddate: 080528 Modid: XRF 035 (PFA-FILM)199 035 GLADN50874431 040 CUY|eamim|cCUY 090 |b1612-82-3981 245 00 Leah|h[motion picture] /|c[filmmaker, Jon Jost] 257 U.S. 260 [United States :|bJon Jost,|c1967] 300 1 reel of 1 (1140 ft.) (31 min.) :|bopt sd., b&w ;|c16 mm. |3triacetate print. 500 Running time: 31:28. 500 No credits or date on film; information supplied from: Film: the front line, 1983 / Jonathan Rosenbaum. 506 Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating.|5CBPF. 510 4 Sutherland, Allan T. "American independent: Jon Jost," in press packet in Pacific Film Archive People file: Jon Jost 520 The camera follows 20-year-old Leah as she wakes, walks through the Chicago streets, and goes about her day. She speaks on a voiceover about her life, describing what she is doing while the viewer observes her actions, and using her quotidian moments as opportunities to discuss larger issues: life, death, love, sex, philosophy. As she stands on a freeway overpass, she says that cars scare her; that bus and train stations make her sad because it reminds her of people leaving. Brushing her teeth provides the opportunity to discuss foods that cause cancer and the atom bomb's likelihood of killing the populace before cancerous foods do. After walking through the streets and visiting a park, Leah visits a friend's house where young people are discussing the war in Vietnam. Leah has no opinion about the war, and feels ennui at the party. A friend drives her to her apartment, and in watching the faces of people they pass she ruminates on the alienation of people and her inability to form meaningful relationships. Throughout the film, occasional intertitles appear quoting from Alain Fournier's Le grand meaulnes, in essence commenting on or describing what Leah is saying, but in a "higher" language unrelated to daily experience. At the end of the film, the 520 filmmaker's voice reads a quote over a black screen, rather than print the text. 590 PFA 1612-82-3981. |aCONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 19 Dec 1992; warped; Excellent condition: print slightly warped as it comes off reel 655 7 Shorts.|2mim 655 7 Documentaries and factual works|2mim 655 7 Personal/independent films.|2mim 690 U.S. films 700 1 Jost, Jon. 935 GLADN50874431 956 20140224|bPFA migration/merge load 957 OCLC xref loaded 20140928 961 PFA 1612-82-3981.|bOn 1200 ft. reel. 994 92|bCUY