Once Every Day (2012)

Since the late 1960s the almost annual productions of Richard Foremans OntologicalHysteric Theater have been among New Yorks artistic highlights A legend of the avantgarde theater Foreman is also a passionate film fan whose taste ranges from American avantgarde to Manoel de Oliveira ONCE EVERY DAY marks his first foray into feature filmmaking in 35 years Highly visual complexly edited and without a traditional narrative the film zeroes in on a group of 25 people acting out a series of semiritualistic behavior patterns But their eccentric impulses are aborted in unpredictable ways with each attempt at action or development According to the director The film slowly evolves a timemosaic of reformatted consciousness Longtime admirers of Foremans work will see an intriguing adaptation of his unique theatrical style to the cinema And for everyone else Welcome to the extraordinary world of Richard Foreman