Traps (1967)

Working for the first time with sound I made TRAPS a film scripted in jail on hearing of an acquaintances suicide and LEAH Both are portraits of alienated young women TRAPS is harsh in both form and content with long takes speaking to the camera juxtaposed against long silent sequences as in an argument by accretion the grounds for alienation are piled up Ostensibly a documentary selfportrait made by the woman of the film TRAPS seemingly uncohesive segments crystallize only at the last moment when the neutral narrator and alleged editor informs the viewer that the woman committed suicide httpswwwejumpcutorgarchiveonlinessaysJC05folderJostNoteshtml