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In 'A' we are, among other things, the auditory witnesses of a measure laid down by the state lor the prevention and combatting of a 'phantom'. Suspected possessors of such a thing are removed from a bus and disinfected. This anecdote says something about the paranoia generated when a virus, about which relatively little is known and which - in this case - can be linked tentatively with homosexuality and its present-day position in society, seems to be beginning an irresistible advance. 'A' deals in 'poetic' terms not only with the above-mentioned patho-psychological question, but also with the repercussions of such a development on those who are stigmatised by it. Via subtie visual compositions and music, which is reminiscent of Arnold Schönberg's 'Erwartung', 'A' seems to be aiming at the de-mythologizing of the above phenomenon. The final image is significant: as testimony is given on the 'elimination of guilt' and the desirability of trying to translate this into 'positive values', A(ids) is finally wiped out.
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Henny Kamphuizen
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Camera: Susan Pollack, Peter Hutcheson,
Lights: Peter Hutcheson,
Editing: André Burke, Chih Ven Vee, Susan Pollack,
Effects: George Gary,
Music and production: André Burke,
With: Jarnie Bozian
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