Being in a Place – A Portrait of Margaret Tait
↳ Luke Fowler
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GB 2022, 01:01:00
In the spirit of the late filmmaker and poet,
Margaret Tait (1918–1999), Being in a Place is as much a portrait of Tait’s beloved Orkney, the place
she lived and filmed for most of her life, as it is about
her. Tait borrowed the term “Stalking the Image”
from the poet Federico Garcia Lorca, to describe
her own approach to filmmaking, a method which
involved considering everything within the frame
with equal intensity. Her approach to portraiture
also gives equal attention to the person as well as
the place they are situated within.
Being in a Place looks at Tait through a variety
of lenses, considering her in relation to where
she lived, as well in relation to her extensive archive.
The film engages with Tait’s paper archives,
including letters, diaries, production notes, as well
as her sound archive. It also draws upon newly
recovered and restored film material, as well as
rushes relating to a 1983 television profile and an
unfinished script for a feature-length film.
Courtesy of the artist and LUX, London
- Sektion Section: Film
- Programm Programme: Being in a Place – A Portrait of Margaret Tait