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Asitstitletellsus,AnotherMoviehasarelationtoBruceConner’s1958filmAMovie.BothfilmsuseRespighi’sfour-movementtonepoem“PinesofRome”,butindifferentwaystodifferentends.Connerusedonlypartsofthemusic,andthescenesheputtoitareradicallydifferentfromthoseRespighisaidhismusicdepicts.Incontrast,AnotherMoviepresentsthemusicforwhatitis,butinawaythatisdeliberatelydivided.Afterthetitlesandanintroductorynote,wereadRespighi’sdescriptionsofthescenesthefourmovementsdepict,thenwehearthemusicinitsentirety.WhilehearingthepartsusedinAMovie,thescreenisblack.We’vejustreadRespighi’sdescriptions,soweshouldinprinciplevisualizethesceneshehastoldushismusicdescribes.ButwehavebeenconditionedbyyearsofhearingthemusicaswewatchAMovie,soinsteadweseeimagesfromConner’sfilm.Whilehearingthemusicinonefilm,wecan’thelpseeingimagesfromanother.Duringthethirdmovement,whichConnerusednoneof,weseethescenethatRespighisaidthemusicdescribes.Thisliteralism,redundantandhenceinprinciplebanal,produceswhatIhopeisagenerativeshock.