Réalisé par Joyce Wieland |
Canada, 1973 (expérimental, 11 minutes, couleurs) |
Image : © Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre |
Description du film [en anglais] : « The film is composed primarily of images of the feet of people marching on a strike-bound plant, filmed with a hand-held camera, with the word 'solidarity' superimposed into the middle of the screen. The soundtrack presents the off-screen voice of one of the strike leaders. » -- R. Bruce Elder (source) |
« Because the voice on the soundtrack [of Solidarity] emanates from an off-screen space,
and because the field of view is confined within very narrow limits, the
spectator becomes acutely aware of space beyond the edge of the frame. »
-- R. Bruce Elder
(source)
« Joyce Wieland, Toronto artist, squatted in the grass to photograph the tellingly assorted feet of people milling in front of a strikebound biscuit-manufacturing plant to catch her 11-minute color film. Solidarity: a child's dangling sneakered foot, dirty blistered heels in sling pumps, polished oxfords, scuffed lumberjack boots and finally, the aristocratic paws of a dog. »
-- Kay Kritzwiser
(source)
« Similar to her earlier works, [in Solidarity] [Joyce] Wieland selects a series of details seen isolated from any depth-of-field and seen so closely that colours, textures and shapes become interesting features in and of themselves. [...] The often shaky hand-held camera offers an identifiable subjective point of view of someone in the crowd, the filmmaker, watching people's feet. »
-- Lauren Rabinovitz
(source)