Short film

Lax Readings

2006 · 13 min

A hushed, meditative quarter hour of listening to a serene voice read poetry, rewarding patient attention with quiet stillness.

Directed by: Nicolas Humbert, Werner Penzel
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Robert Lax

Overview: The space of a voice gives what is said its real meaning. In it you can feel what is actually behind the words. A voice can be like a landscape. Nobody we met on our cinematic paths made this more noticeable than Robert Lax. His incomparable serenity hovers over every thought. You can enter this space by listening to him read his poetry, a quarter hour of which is gathered in LAX READINGS.

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Directed by: Nicolas Humbert, Werner Penzel
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Robert Lax

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Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: art
isolation
faith
Places: None
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Complexity	5
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