LEADER 00000ngma 2200361Ka 4500 001 262470346 005 20081014 TAPE OCLC1014: 0015 007 vd cvaiz| 008 081015s2006 xxu062 vleng 009 Reclvl: f Addate: 081015 Addid: OCL Moddate: 081124 Modid: XRF Catid: PFA 035 (PFA-FILM)16129 035 GLADN51211372 040 CUY|beng|cCUY 090 |b0230-01-13158 245 00 Passages :|ba meditation for Clara|h[videorecording] / |cwritten, produced and directed by Jon Jost. 246 3 Meditation for Clara 257 United States. 260 United States:|b[s.n.],|c2006. 300 1 videodisc of 1 (62 min.) (DVD PAL) :|bsd., col. ;|c4 3/ 4 in. 506 Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating.|5CUY. 508 Cinematography, Jon Jost. 520 "Passages is a visual orchestration akin to music, done in almost completely abstract form, though all material was shot with a camera, the imagery on screen is often unidentifiable and highly abstracted. The structure of the work is composed in a manner related to music, with recurring motifs, passages of differing tempos, movements all formed to provide a trajectory through time. It is deliberately slow and it is hoped will lead the viewer into a meditative state. While not a film in the least bit psychedelic, Passages became a far more serious film, a meditation on the process of accepting the harsh realities of life - both for myself and my daughter. Clara was kidnapped by her mother from our home in Rome on Nov 1, 2000, and following numerous court hearings in Portugal, where the corruption was as transparent as it has become in America, despite chronic violations of her illegally gained right of custody, Clara was turned over to her mother who subsequently, with the tacit support of the juvenile courts of Portugal, has blocked all contact between Clara and myself - the father who had raised her almost single-handedly for 3 and a half years. Passages addresses this without rancor, and is more an act of grieving for a child than 'a film. It is among my 520 work unique in being almost completely abstract and is in my view one of my best films, without any question"-- www.jon-jost.com 538 DVD PAL; region 2. 590 PFA 0230-01-13158. |aCONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2008/10 /10 Unable to play on computer. CHECK DVD BEFORE MAKING VIEWING APPT. 655 7 Features.|2mim 655 7 Personal/independent works.|2mim 700 1 Jost, Jon. 935 GLADN51211372 941 0 PFA 0230-01-13158. PFA collection acquisition donation from D0019 2006/11/15 946 PFA 0230-01-13158. Record created 2008/10/10 by sw. 956 PFA 956 20140224|bPFA migration/merge load 957 OCLC xref loaded 20140309 994 02|bCUY