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Interim is a 1953 American short film drama directed by Stan Brakhage. It was the first film directed by Stan Brakhage, whose expansive filmography has made him an influential figure in experimental film.

Interim
Directed by	Stan Brakhage
Starring	Walter Newcomb Janice Hubka
Cinematography	Stan Phillips
Music by	James Tenney
Distributed by	Canyon Cinema
Release date	1953 (1953)
Running time	25+1⁄2 minutes
Country	United States

Plot

The film contains no dialogue, starring only a man and a woman, who meet as if by chance and walk into the countryside together where they stop and kiss. They then return to town before parting again.

Production

The film was shot in black-and-white 16 mm film. Around the time of production, Brakhage was heavily influenced by Italian neorealism.[1][2]

This was his first of many collaborations on film with composer and childhood friend James Tenney, who wrote the piano score for the film at the age of eighteen.[3] In a foreword published by Brakhage, he cites a fault between himself and Tenney's mother for convincing Tenney to become a musician, shortly before composing the soundtrack for Interim.[4]

Release

16 mm prints of the film are distributed by Canyon Cinema both for rent and for sale to institutions. The organization is also a licensee for many of Brakhage's filmography.[5]

References

Sources

• Brakhage, Stan (Winter–Summer 1987). "James Tenney". Perspectives of New Music. 25 (1–2): 470. JSTOR 833113.
• "Interim". Catalog. Canyon Cinema. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
• Camper, Fred (7 July 2003). "Maverick Ensemble Festival". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
• Rowin, Michael Joshua (22 November 2010). "At Nineteen, A Visionary in the Making: Stan Brakhage's Interim". Theater Critic's Choice. Fandor. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
• Shen, Ted (10 July 2003). "Maverick Ensemble". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 9 October 2013.

Further reading

• Perry, Ted (2006). Masterpieces of Modernist Cinema. Indiana University Press. p. 167. ISBN 9780253347718.

External links

• Interim at IMDb

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