A First Quarter

“Using the structure of a feature film as its basic format, A First Quarter adopts the principles of Nouvelle Vague cinema as its role model. Simultaneous realities, altered flashbacks, plays on time and space are all components of the form and content of the film. Because it was originally shot in video and then kinescoped to 16mm film, A First Quarter has acquired a poetic, soft look. The dialogue consists entirely of the work as it is spoken and read, built, enacted, written and painted by the players. As the scenarios build, they appear as tropes, one after another.” —Alice Weiner

A First Quarter is presented as the September 2025 edition of e-flux Film's series Staff Picks featuring Lawrence Weiner,  in collaboration with the Lawrence Weiner Estate and Electronic Arts Intermix. The online program coincides with a three-part event featuring Lawrence Weiner’s films and audio works at e-flux Screening Room on Sunday, September 14, 2025, in collaboration with Gladstone Gallery. Read more about the program here.

For more information, contact program@e-flux.com. 

Image: A First Quarter, 1973. Lawrence Weiner and Mel Kendrick on the set.