Adrienne Rich — Directors Notes

You don’t want a harsh outcry here not to violate the beauty yet dawn unveiling ochre village but to show coercion within that beauty, endurance required Begin with girl pulling hand over hand on chain only sound drag and creak in time it becomes monotonous then must begin sense of unease produced by monotony repetitive motion, repetitive sound resistance, irritation increasing for the viewers sense of what are they here for, anyway dislike of the whole thing how boring to watch (they aren’t used to duration this was a test) Keep that dislike that boredom as a value also as risk so when bucket finally tinks at rim they breathe a sigh, not so much relief as finally grasping what all this was for dissolve as she dips from bucket