Plot Summary
In Walking Forward-Running Past, Baldessari ingeniously employs photography and video to examine and ultimately deconstruct film. In this conceptual exercise, he tapes up photographic film stills of himself walking toward the camera—coming closer with each successive image—and then photos of himself running past it. The sequentiality of this action results in a crude montage, an ultimately futile attempt to recreate the phenomenological experience of cinematic movement. Gasping with exertion, Baldessari quickly and repeatedly replaces photo after photo. In his efforts to evoke the cinematic experience, a layered metonymic relationship develops between the static, photographic image of Baldessari running and his "real" movements on video.
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Director & Crew
John Baldessari
Director
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Walking Forward-Running Past was directed by John Baldessari and released in 1971.
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Walking Forward-Running Past has a runtime of 0 hours and 13 minutes.
Movie Details
- Release Date
- 1971-01-01
- Status
- Released