sucking on words (2007)

sucking on words is a documentary film that features interviews with and extensive performances by the American poet Kenneth Goldsmith It also features critical commentary on his intense and groundbreaking conceptualist practice from three of North Americas leading voices on avantgarde poetics Shot on location in New York in 2007 the lively conversations featured in sucking on words are an ideal introduction to Goldsmiths witty and provocative works which are already regarded as hallmarks of 21stcentury literature The film showcases readings from some of his notorious books No111 found phrases ending in the r rhyme and filtered alphabetically by syllable count Soliloquy a transcription of every word Goldsmith spoke for a week Day a retyping of one days New York Times newspaper Traffic one days worth of hourly radio traffic bulletins and The Weather one years worth of radio weather bulletins