Hapax Legomena I: (nostalgia) (1971)

Directed by Hollis Frampton · 36 min · Drama

4.3 TOPICAL score · #6,261 of 6,776 films

Vote for it on the board →

Michael Snow narrates a series of Hollis Frampton's photographs (speaking as Frampton, in the first person)—as each picture catches fire on a hot plate.

Hapax Legomena I: (nostalgia) (1971, directed by Hollis Frampton) has a TOPICAL score of 4.3 - ranked 6,261 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on audience and lasting engagement, and lowest on awards. Audiences: TMDB 6.6/10 (34 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 3 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.

Why this score

Each bar: better than this % of the 6,776 films we score. How the score works.

• AudienceTMDB 6.6/10 (34 ratings)
• Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
• ImpactWikipedia articles in 3 languages · National Film Registry
• Still read500 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days

Starring: Michael Snow

← #6,260 Salty O'Rourke#6,262 The Case of Sergeant Grischa →