sucking on words (2007)
sucking on words (2007)
conceptual writing - a fusion of art and literature
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).

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Kenneth Goldsmith Kenneth Goldsmith As: Himself
Robert Fitterman Robert Fitterman As: Himself
Barbara Coles Barbara Coles As: Herself
Bruce Andrews Bruce Andrews As: Himself
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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).


Tagline: conceptual writing - a fusion of art and literature
Certification: NR

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Genres: Documentary

Language: English

Release Date: 01 October 2007

Country: US

Runtime: 59m

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Jarrod Fowler

Jarrod Fowler

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Fiona Biggiero

Fiona Biggiero

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Jerome Harmann-Hardeman

Jerome Harmann-Hardeman

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Jarrod Fowler

Jarrod Fowler

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Fiona Biggiero

Fiona Biggiero

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Jerome Harmann-Hardeman

Jerome Harmann-Hardeman

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