Paul Sharits (1943-1993)

Sharits

Note: Now single screen only

DECLARATIVE MODE (1976-77) 16mm. 39 min. Color. Silent (24FPS.).

                Rental: $95.00

Dedicated to Gerald O’Grady

“This film ,rather than being “structural,” is ‘narrative like.’ We feel as if we are on some sort of journey, where we can never know/predict what is to ‘happen’ next. It is engaging, like a novel full of surprises. The ‘narrative’ feeling is like a soap opera, which just keeps twisting and turning, with no apparent resolution intended (but there is a closure on the purely formal level), as opposed to say Miami Vice  wherein the dramatic line moves towards and achieves a weekly resolution. This work prefigures a long series of 30 min. chapters in a  ‘Light Novel,’ PASSARE, which I am presently working on (which could finally reach 40 hours in total length before I die).”—P.S.

(add) Aside from a recurrent red, white, and blue phrase, there is no repetition in the film (repetition conventions provides structural order).