Plot Summary
"Barbara Hammer's Optic Nerve is a powerful personal reflection on family and aging. Hammer employs filmed footage which, through optical printing and editing, is layered and manipulated to create a compelling meditation on her visit to her grandmother in a nursing home. The sense of sight becomes a constantly evolving process of reseeing images retrieved from the past and fused into the eternal present of the projected image. Hammer has lent a new voice to the long tradition of personal meditation in the avant-garde of the American independent cinema." -- John Hanhardt, Biennial Exhibition Catalogue, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1987
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Director & Crew
Barbara Hammer
Director
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It has a TMDB rating of 8.3/10 based on 3 votes.
Who directed Optic Nerve?
Optic Nerve was directed by Barbara Hammer and released in 1985.
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Optic Nerve has a runtime of 0 hours and 16 minutes.
Movie Details
- Release Date
- 1985-01-01
- Status
- Released