A retired sailor volunteers to work odd jobs at the asylum where his wife has been confined since her attempt to drown their infant son many years before. Without intertitles, Page evokes a world as seen by the mentally disturbed—through shifting images and rapid editing—and creates a modernist tour-de-force as psychologically and aesthetically compelling as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.
Musical accompaniment by Alloy Orchestra
Copresented by the Asian Art Museum, CAAM, MiDNiTES for MANiACS, and San Francisco Cinematheque
Restoration by Lobster Films
Children under the age of 10 are admitted free.