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Cross

1974 · 42 min

A hypnotic, abstract experience that turns camera movement into a visual rhythm, asking you to listen with your eyes.

Directed by
John Du Cane
Overview
John Du Cane’s rarely shown films are amongst the most pure and radical of their period. In Cross, he uses the drawing of a cross (made without lifting the pencil) as a model for the camera movements and a score for the film. “The films are very physical, they are polyrhythmic and they are patterned in a manner designed to create a very definite way of seeing, of experiencing ... The films are silent to the extent that there is no soundtrack ... I believe films’ light capable of creating sound ... the films are there to be listened to. They are there to be felt." (John Du Cane)

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Directed by
John Du Cane
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • obsession
  • identity
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None
Era
timeless
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Action1
Horror1
Humour0
Realism2
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity8
Emotional weight4

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Directed by
John Du Cane
Runtime
42 min
Country
United Kingdom

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