Visions of a City (1978)

Sepia toning lends a romantic even wistful quality to Larry Jordans film Visions of a City which he shot in San Francisco in 1957 and edited in 1978 The pace is unirritating in contrast to the San Francisco of today but unlike the equal weight Helen Levill gives to all her subjects there is an internal evolutionary development in the Jordan film that ultimately delivers a story Until the introduction of the human protagonist poet Michael McClure we are treated to an extravagant display of visual delights