Quote:
"Consider 1933—both the numeral that appears superimposed over a street scene, viewed from an upper-storey window, and the title of the film. The ambiguous reference of the numeral opens up an ironic distance: 'Was that footage shot in 1933?' we ask ourselves. Features of the imagery bring us to dismiss that conjecture. 'Is the filmmaker drawing a comparison between 1933 and 1967 (the date the film was made)?' That hypothesis receives no support from the film's structure. 'Does the supertitle have to do with some covert ordering procedure?' The film withholds its answer. [...]"
-- R. Bruce Elder

Source:
Elder, R. Bruce. "Notes after a Conversation between Hollis and Joyce." In The Films of Joyce Wieland, edited by Kathryn Elder. Toronto: Toronto International Film Festival Group, 1999. (p. 190)