| Director | Michael Snow |
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| Genre | experimental film |
| Runtime | 44 min |
| Country | Canada, United States |
The entire film is set inside a loft featuring four mullioned windows and minimal furnishings—a desk, a yellow chair, and a radiator against the far wall, with several photographs hanging above the chair. The film begins with a wide shot of the loft, and the image gradually zooms in on the wall as the story progresses. A woman in a red coat directs two men to place a bookcase against the left wall, after which they leave. Later, she returns to the loft with another woman. One of them turns on the radio, and the image takes on a pinkish hue as the women drink beverages and listen to "Strawberry Fields Forever" by the Beatles before abruptly leaving. The scene briefly cuts to a solid red screen, accompanied by a low-pitched hum that gradually increases in pitch until the end of the film. When the image of the loft returns, the film introduces a variety of alterations to the image. The loft is presented as a negative image, in monochrome colour schemes, or with extreme light levels that white out the screen.
The sound of breaking glass is heard before a man staggers into the loft and collapses on the floor, dying. As the zoom progresses, his corpse is eventually cut out of the frame. After some time, a woman arrives and makes a phone call to a man named Richard. She informs him about the dead body she has discovered and agrees to wait outside. Once she leaves, silent images of her previous actions are superimposed on the screen. The camera continues to zoom in on the photographs hanging on the wall, two of which depict Walking Woman figures and another showing waves. The hum on the soundtrack, now very high-pitched, becomes unstable and begins to resemble the sound of a siren. The photograph of the waves is enlarged until it fills the entire frame. The film concludes as the photograph goes out of focus and the image fades to white.