
In1964authorSamuelBeckettsetoutononeofthestrangestventuresincinematichistory:hisembattledcollaborationwithsilenterageniusBusterKeatonontheproductionofashort,titlelessavant-gardefilm.Beckettwasnearingthepeakofhisfame,whichwouldculminateinhisreceivingaNobelPrizefiveyearslater.Keaton,inhiswaningyears,neverlivedtoseeBeckett’scanonization.ThefilmtheymadealongwithdirectorAlanSchneider,renegadepublisherBarneyRosset,andAcademyAward-winningcinematographerBorisKaufman,hasbeenthesubjectofpraise,condemnation,andcontroversyfordecades.Yettheeclecticparticipantsarejustonepartofastorythatstretchestotheverybirthofcinema,andspreadsouttoourunderstandingofhumanconsciousnessitself.<br/> NOTFILMisafeature-lengthexperimentalessayonFILM’sproductionanditsphilosophicalimplications,utilizingadditionalouttakes,neverbeforeheardaudiorecordingsoftheproductionmeetings,andotherrarearchivalelements.






