Clinic of Stumble. 1947. Directed by Marian Van Tuyl, Sidney Peterson, Hy Hirsh.

(9/14/00)

Clinic of Stumble is an anomaly: an avant-garde film of the 1940s in color. Dreams That Money Can Buy springs to mind as another exception, but that film was made by a group of already well-established artists.

This is a dance film. The dancers are all women and I don't understand the significance of their dance. What is interesting is that the film has superimpositions throughout its length. There are closeups of a wheel of a skateboard which one of the dancers rides and also the turning pages of a magazine. These images add a rhythm to the film.

I personally found the music by Gregory Tucker grating, but that could be because the sound was on too loud.