Terrassen: Yvonne Rainer - Five Easy Pieces + Screening Room w. Yvonne Rainer

A compilation of five early short films made between 1966 to 1969 and Robert Gardner’s Screening Room interview with Rainer from 1977. 

Hand Movie (1966) 

Close-up of a hand, the fingers of which enact a sensuous dance. Camerawork by William Davis. 

Volleyball (Foot Film) (1967) 

A volleyball is rolled into the frame and comes to rest. Two legs in sneakers, seen from the knees down, enter the frame and stand beside it. Cut to new angle, same characters and actions. Camerawork by Bud Wirtschafter. 

Rhode Island Red (1968) 

Ten minutes in an enormous chicken coop. Camerawork by Roy Levin. 

Trio Film (1968) 

Two nudes, a man and a woman, interact with each other and a large balloon in a white living room. Performed by Steve Paxton and Becky Arnold. Camerawork by Phill Niblock. 

Line (1969) 

A blond woman (Susan Marshall) in white pants and shirt interacts with a moving round object and the camera. Camerawork by Phill Niblock. 

Screening Room: Yvonne Rainer (1977) 

In March 1977, Yvonne Rainer appeared on Robert Gardner’s Screening Room with film scholar and author Deac Rossell, to screen and discuss excerpts from her film Kristina Talking Pictures.

English subtitles