Adynata (1983)
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DirectorLeslie Thornton
28 minJan 2nd, 1983
Plot
A formal 1861 portrait of a Chinese Mandarin and his wife is the starting point for this allegorical investigation of the fantasies spawned in the West about the East particularly that which associates femininity with the mysterious Orient ADYNATA presents a series of oppositionsmale and female images past and present soundswhich in and of themselves construct a minimal and fragmentary narrative an open text of our imaginations fears and fantasies
