March 5,
1982 8:00 p.m.
Poetry by Michael F. Nyiri
Poem For the New Year 1982
opening shot
no titles
a lone girl upper right hand frame
lower frame rushing seas
wind blown hair
lavender dress
maybe somewhat beefy thighs but not
much
a serene expression
no words
cut to
a small 4x4 room
posters on the walls a forlor
young man reclining in a brass bed
playing a guitar
a picture on the dresser of
the lone girl from the previous frame
laughing
the scene is in black and white
x-cept the young man
and the guitar
no words
cut to
an antic discussion between
a man resembling myself and the
young man from the previous frame
no words
a sound
airplane moving overhead
leaves rustling
dogs barking
cut to
a blue sky
cut to
a jolly evening where everyone
has fun
cut to
an expensive electrical part
falling off a handtruck
cut to
a scene of desolation and rebirth
cut to
a medium shot of a couple
sitting on a sofa watching an
old
Marx Brothers movie on t.v.
They are holding hands
sighing
with their back to the camera
dissolve to
myself
dissolve to
a marching army singing death
songs
now
a frantic diagonal wipe from
the left top of the screen
removes the marchers and
returns the girl by the seas-
She turns around and walks
off screen.
close up
of the sea
sea sounds
no words
cut to
myself
fade
no words
cut to
myself
fade
no words
a
film
in poetics
by
Michael
F.
Nyiri
Link to "The Poem for the New Year 1980" Link to "The Poem for the New Year 1983"
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