The Geography of the Body

The Geography of the Body (1943)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 1943-01-01
  • User Rating: 5.4/10 from 17 ratings
  • Runtime: 0h 7min
  • Language: English
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Willard Maas
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A quotation from Aristophanes, "The desire and pursuit of the whole is called love," precedes views of a man and a woman's bodies, often in extreme close up. Off-screen, a voice recites fragments of oracular literature and purple prose. We see an eye, an ear, a mouth, a tongue, bits of hair, a hand, the tips of fingers, toes. Occasionally, the frame includes a larger scape of a body: a chest, a back, a breast. Usually the camera is stationery; sometimes, it moves across a body, remaining in close up. They hold hands for one moment. The bodies are without clothes; no genitalia are visible.

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  • George Barker

    as Narrator / Body
  • Willard Maas

    as Body
  • Marie Menken

    as Body
Directing Willard Maas Director
Crew Marie Menken Cinematography