The Stoas
Directed by Robert Beavers
“The title refers to the colonnades that led to the shady groves of the ancient Lyceum, here remembered in shots of industrial arcades, bathed in golden morning light, as quietly empty of human figures as Atget’s survey photos. The rest of the film presents luscious shots of a wooded stream and hazy glen, portrayed with the careful composition of 19th century landscape painting. An ineffable, unnameable immanence flows through the images of The Stoas, a kind of presence of the human soul expressed through the sympathetic absence of the human figure.” (Ed Halter, New York Press)
Duration
0h 24m
Released
October 11, 1997
Cast0
Part ofThe My Hand Outstretched to the Winged Distance and Sightless Measure
Includes Winged Dialogue (1967), Early Monthly Segments (2003), Plan of Brussels (1968), The Count of Days (1969), Palinode (1970), Diminished Frame (1970), Still Light (1971), From the Notebook of... (1972), The Painting (1972), Work Done (1973), Ruskin (1974), Sotiros (2000), Amor (1980), Efpsychi (1983), Wingseed (1985), The Hedge Theater (2002), The Stoas (1997), and The Ground (2001).
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