A Woman's Tale
Clip 2: ‘Old wrinkled skin’
1 min 42 sec
Taken from the feature A Woman's Tale (1991)
Original title classification not known – this clip chosen to be G
Availability of the complete title
Curator’s clip description
Marta (Sheila Florance) introduces Anna (Gosia Dobrowolska) to an indoor pool, which is full of old people taking exercise. Marta wonders why Anna, who’s so young and vibrant, wants to spend so much time with an old woman.
Curator’s notes
Cox uses watery imagery throughout, perhaps as a symbol of the renewal of life. Marta and Anna visit a waterfall in a later scene and this waterfall becomes a recurring symbol (see the end of clip three). Once again he juxtaposes the two faces very closely in this scene, which becomes very tender. The intimacy Cox creates on screen comes partly from the way he encourages close physical contact between the actors. One of his films is even called The Human Touch.
Paul Byrnes, curator
