Immortal Cupboard: In Search of Lorine Niedecker

(USA, 2009, 76 mins)

digital video

Madison Premiere

editor, cinematographer: Cathy Cook
assistant editorial director: Stefanie Koseff
cast: Julie Lindemann, Arthur Techlow III

On the shores of Lake Koshkonong, near Fort Atkinson, lived Lorine Neidecker a poet who wrote concise, economical verses about nature. Already the subject of a film (My Life By Water, WFF04), Niedecker’s life and work is explored in this inventive documentary. The birds in the marshes, the wind in the trees are the material from which she drew inspiration, producing her best work in the 1960s. The natural world also forms these film, in which Wisconsin native (now living in Maryland) Cathy Cook combines sounds, archival footage, poetry on screen, and other impressionistic touches. Winner, 2009 “Wisconsin’s Own” Jury Prize.

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