The Nude Pond (1985)

Poems by John Ashbery with performances by Douglas Dunn and Susan Blankenson Yoshiko Chuma A grand synthesis of the poetic free association films by Rudy Burckhardt has been perfecting for the past fifteen years Democratic in its celebration of all contemporary art forms dance painting performance art music and of course film encyclopedic in its images from New York City interiors to Maine brooks to Latin American villages it is finally most unique by virtue of its emotional range The filmmaker has achieved a style which enables him to encompass everything from the whimsical even silly to the deeply philosophical and grave with all shades of curiosity and neutral observation Just walking around as the subtitle says inbetween Phillip Lopate