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An impotent metaphor / Kyodai Productions; directors, Bruce & Norman Yonemoto.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Fiction films.
- Feature films.
- Romance films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (43 minutes)) : sound, color
- Contained In:
- EAI online catalogue (Electronic Arts Intermix)
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : [Electronic Arts Intermix], [1979?]
- System Details:
- digital
- video file
- Summary:
- " ... postmodern tale of artistic and sexual crises in Southern California. Boredom and alienation, the banality of fantasies and reality, and the need for idealized romance afflict the cliche-driven characters that wander through the Yonemotos' narrative representation of the L.A. art scene. The pervasive cultural malaise is seen as conditioned behavior--conscious psychological manipulation by the mass media. Against this dominant media ideology, the central figure of the artist Norman, played by Norman Yonemoto, makes art to expose the "derivative nature of the romantic ideal" and "promote the examination of our personal contexts." A dramatic exploration on the illusion and confusion of romanticized relationships." -- Electronic Arts Intermix website
- Participant:
- Anastasia Hagerstrom, Norman Yonemoto, Gary Lloyd.
- Credits:
- Montage, Norman Yonemoto ; camera, Norman Yonemoto, John Jebb, Nick Ursin ; music, Airway, B-people.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed on January 26, 2024).
- Originally produced in 1979.
- Description based on a videodisc record.
- OCLC:
- 650539852
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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