简介：GuadalcanalRequiem byNamJunePaikwithCharlotteMoorman 1977,re-edited1979,28:33min,color,sound OneofPaik'smostovertlypoliticalandpoignantstatements,GuadalcanalRequiemisaperformance/documentarycollagethatconfrontshistory,time,culturalmemoryandmythologyonthesiteofoneofWorldWarII'smostdevastatingbattles.GuadalcanalintheSolomonIslandsistheiconicsettinguponwhichPaikinscribessymbolicgesturesandperformances.ScenesofCharlotteMoormanperformingwithhercello,interviewswithAmericanandJapaneseveteransandSolomonIslanders,andarchivalfootageofthebattlearejuxtaposed,synthesized,layered,colorizedandotherwiseelectronicallymanipulated.Theimageryishauntingandoftensurreal:CharlotteMoormancrawlsalongthebeachinaG.I.uniformwithacellostrappedtoherback,playsaBeuysfeltcello,andperformswhileconcealedinabodybag.ThesubtextofthisextraordinarycollageisPaik'sassertionthatglobalconflictarisesasaresultofculturalmiscommunication. Guest:BobEdwards.Cinematographer:SteveMason.Narrator:RussellConnor.LocationDirector:FrankPilleggi.SoundEffects:LaurieSpiegel.Camera:BillViola,MichaelPursche,PeterHardy,RichardMaude,GrahamHellett.ProducedbytheTVLabatWNET/Thirteen.…