STYX

16mm, b/w, 10 minutes, 1976

SYNOPSIS
Styx affords an impressionistic view of the subterranean world of a metropolitan subway system. Joining an anonymous mass of commuters, the camera embarks on a journey across a decaying cityscape.

REVIEWS
"...it quickly establishes a tempo, a rhythm, and an almost symphonic kind of form that brings the everyday into a superbly balanced conjunction with the realm of the extraordinary suggested by the title..."
San Francisco Chronicle

FULL-TEXT REVIEWS
San Francisco Chronicle (Thomas Albright)
Museum of Modern Art Film Catalogue

AWARDS AND FILM FESTIVALS
Jury Prize, Rencontres Internationales Henri Langlois, Tours, France
Second Prize, International Documentary & Short Film Festival, Bilbao
Festival Award, Ann Arbor Film Festival
Finalist, American Film Festival, New York
First Place, Speech Communication Association
British Short Film Festival
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
Festival of New American Cinema, Chicago
Black Maria Film and Video Festival
Flaherty Film Seminar
Midwest Film Conference, Chicago

BROADCASTS
Image Union, Chicago PBS
Territory, Texas PBS
First Expressions cable series, Philadelphia

PRODUCTION CREDITS
Directed and Edited by Jan Krawitz
Co-Director, Cinematography by Thomas Ott

DISTRIBUTOR
For DVD purchase, send check or money order for $20.00 (plus $2.00 postage/handling) payable to Jan Krawitz:
Jan Krawitz
Department of Art & Art History
435 Lasuen Mall
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-2018
650-723-0704
email: krawitz@stanford.edu

16mm DISTRIBUTOR
The Museum of Modern Art
Circulating Film & Video Library
11 West 53rd Street
New York, NY 10019
phone: (212) 708-9530
fax: (212) 708-9531

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