The Far Out Films

The Far Out FilmsIn a little theatre just north of Greenwich Village, a group calling itself the Gryphons recently put on a series of showings of member-made avant-garde movies. One, Geography of the Body, explored the human form in such extreme close-ups as to make skin textures look like craters on the moon, a nipple like an extinct volcano. In another, Wedlock, a (presumably) married couple made love – only the whole thing was shown on negative film. In still another, after some scenes of his...