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Hapax Legomena 7-Part Series
Hapax Legomena (1971-1972), whose title Frampton translated as “things said once,” turned out, unfortunately, to be a hapax legomenon within Frampton’s filmography, as it is the only multi-part, interlocking (but separable), set of films that he completed
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Part 1 · Nov 20, 1971
Hapax Legomena I: (nostalgia)
Michael Snow narrates a series of Hollis Frampton's photographs (speaking as Frampton, in the first person)—as each picture catches fire on a hot plate.
Part 2 · Dec 4, 1971
Hapax Legomena III: Critical Mass
A man and a woman have been living together for six months. After disappearing for two days, the man returns and acts as if nothing has happened, refusing to say where he was.
Part 3 · Dec 4, 1971
Hapax Legomena IV: Travelling Matte
“This film metaphors an entire human life: birth, sex, death – the framing device is the fingers and palm of the maker’s hand, wherein others only attempt to read the future.” – Stan Brakhage
