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Jun 3, 1982 · So Is This: Directed by Michael Snow. Experimental short in which sentences are formed by displaying one word at a time and at alternating speeds.
from English Grammar Today. So + adjective ( so difficult ), so + adverb ( so slowly) We often use so when we mean ‘to such a great extent’. With this meaning, so is a degree adverb that modifies adjectives and other adverbs: Using that camera is easy. Why is she making it so difficult? Why is she so untidy? I’m sorry I’m walking so slowly.
This is what Michael Snow achieves in 'So Is This', except, by the end, he manages it with every single word in the English language. This is what makes 'So Is This' one of the most interesting concepts and brain-melting executions of the past century.
Sep 20, 2008 · Artist: Michael Snow (1982)
So Is This (1982) is a 43-minute silent film composed entirely of type-set words that appear on the screen one at a time, gradually forming sentences and paragraphs as the viewer pieces the individual frames together.
"SO IS THIS parlays an elegantly simple concept into an unpredictable, cumulatively rich experience. "The film is a text in which each shot is a single word, tightly-framed white letters against a black background. Compared to Snow's recent epics ... it seems almost a throwaway but it's also the most satisfying film he's made in a decade ....
So Is This, Dir. Michael Snow, 1982, Canada, 45mins. WHO. One of the greatest living filmmakers. An explorer of film’s structural, allegorical and often humorous potentials. VERY SIMPLE PROPOSAL. Investigate film as language, via the language of film reduced to the basic units of film and language.
