sucking on words (2007)
sucking on words is a documentary film that features interviews with, and extensive performances by, the American poet Kenneth Goldsmith. It also features critical commentary on his intense and ground-breaking conceptualist practice from three of North America’s leading voices on avant-garde poetics. Shot on location in New York in 2007, the lively conversations featured in sucking on words are an ideal introduction to Goldsmith’s witty and provocative works, which are already regarded as hallmarks of 21st-century literature. The film showcases readings from some of his notorious books: No.111 (found phrases ending in the ‘r’ rhyme and filtered alphabetically by syllable count); Soliloquy (a transcription of every word Goldsmith spoke for a week); Day (a retyping of one day’s New York Times newspaper); Traffic (one day’s worth of hourly radio traffic bulletins); and The Weather (one year’s worth of radio weather bulletins).
Director: Simon Morris
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Kenneth Goldsmith as Himself |
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Robert Fitterman as Himself |
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Bruce Andrews as Himself |
| Editing | Christine Morris | Editor |
| Crew | Jarrod Fowler | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Jarrod Fowler | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Fiona Biggiero | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Jerome Harmann-Hardeman | Lighting Technician |
| Crew | Fiona Biggiero | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Simon Morris | Director |
| Sound | Rob Lavers | Music |
| Crew | Jerome Harmann-Hardeman | Sound Recordist |
