Moment

Uma câmera estática grava, em um único disparo contínuo, o rosto de uma mulher antes, durante e depois do orgasmo. O ato de olhar e os limites do quadro fílmico são destacados neste episódio sexual íntimo com Tina Fraser. O artista Stephen Dwoskin apresenta um momento pessoal e poderoso, mantendo uma distância e resistindo ao espectador sendo incluído na ação na tela.

"The fourth film in the BFI’s shorts screening was Moment (1969). This is shot in colour and shows the face of a girl called Tina Fraser framed on a pillow. The dominant colour is red and this gives the film a warm feel as Tina smokes and either masturbates or simulates this act. We see her face as she works herself up to orgasm, then afterwards in complete relaxation. As a consequence this feels very much like a heterosexual version of Andy Warhol’s Blow Job (1963). Perhaps Dwoskin felt his short Asleep had provided the template for Warhol’s Sleep (1963), and was calling in the debt. Moment was the most carefully composed of the Dwoskin shorts on show last night. That said, the top right side of the screen is a kind of dead space made up of nothing but reddish pillow, with Tina Fraser’s head on the left of the frame; presumably the shot was set up in this way, with a mild imperfection, to prevent viewers from responding to it simply on the level of visual aesthetics." - Stewart Home