Zorns Lemma (1970)

ALL 04/01/1970 (en) Documentary 60 Min
  • Release
    04/01/1970
  • Production
    Word Pictures
  • Rotten tomato
    61%
  • Original title
    Zorns Lemma
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

Zorns Lemma is a 1970 American structuralist film by Hollis Frampton. It is named after Zorn's lemma (also known as the Kuratowski–Zorn lemma), a proposition of set theory formulated by mathematician Max Zorn in 1935. Zorns Lemma is prefaced with a reading from an early grammar textbook. The remainder of the film, largely silent, shows the viewer an evolving 24-part "alphabet" (where i & j and u & v are interchanged) which is cycled through, replaced and expanded upon. The film's conclusion shows a man, woman and dog walking through snow as several voices read passages from On Light, or the Ingression of Forms by Robert Grosseteste.

  1. Hollis Frampton

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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Zorns Lemma (1970) 60 Min

ALL 04/01/1970 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 04/01/1970
  • Production
    Word Pictures
  • Original title Zorns Lemma
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Zorns Lemma is a 1970 American structuralist film by Hollis Frampton. It is named after Zorn's lemma (also known as the Kuratowski–Zorn lemma), a proposition of set theory formulated by mathematician Max Zorn in 1935. Zorns Lemma is prefaced with a reading from an early grammar textbook. The remainder of the film, largely silent, shows the viewer an evolving 24-part "alphabet" (where i & j and u & v are interchanged) which is cycled through, replaced and expanded upon. The film's conclusion shows a man, woman and dog walking through snow as several voices read passages from On Light, or the Ingression of Forms by Robert Grosseteste.

  1. Hollis Frampton

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer