THE APPARITION
LAWRENCE JORDAN • 59m
Writer / director Lawrence Jordan's intention was to follow the idea of James Agee to present "an imaginary story against a background of reality." The imaginary story in this instance is of Paul Rose and his past incarnation in classical Greek times. Jordan collaborated with George Kuchar (who constructed special sets for the film).
"Mr. Jordan sets up a central figure to whom a dream belongs, and the figure simultaneously constructs it and dreams it. The figure is Paul, a maker of experimental films and commercials.
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Hallucination and reality shift back and forth. We see Paul experiencing his visions, telling about them afterward, and—he is a filmmaker, after all—setting them up.
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There is a charming openness in the way Mr. Jordan blurs the lines between fantasy and reality, and between fantasy and fraud." - Richard Eder, the New York Times
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