Reason Over Passion (1969)

Joyce Wieland · 83 min · Letterboxd ↗

The film consists primarily of degraded footage of landscapes shot from vehicles moving across the country; meanwhile, 537 computer-generated permutations of the film’s title appear like subtitles—the letters are scrambled over and over again, undermining the meaning of Pierre Trudeau's infamous motto.

Reason Over Passion screens once in London: ICA, Saturday 26 September at 16:00.