writing

2006

States of UnBelonging Transcript

STATES OF UNBELONGING a film by LYNNE SACHS
in collaboration with NIR ZATS
63 minutes
Hebrew spoken by children
“When I am big and someone dies, I am going to go to the funeral.”
“You can put a doll on the grave, just like in the story.’
Dear Lynne,
I patiently wait for the sand to sink, for the water to get [...]

2001

Script for Investigation of a Flame

Investigation of a Flame
By Lynne Sachs
Transcription
…If I should leave you, I do remember all the good times. Long days filled with sunshine, and just a little…
Tonight the cup of peril is full in Vietnam. Tonight as so many nights before young Americans struggle and young Americans die in a distant land. Tonight as so many [...]

2001

First Steps in a Terra Incognita

FIRST STEPS IN A TERRA INCOGNITA BY LYNNE SACHS
Feb. 17, 2001  I tell my next door neighbor that I’m going abroad for a couple of weeks and she wishes me a good vacation.  I tell my old boyfriend Sam, I’m going to Sarajevo on a student exchange program, and he asks me how it will [...]

1997

Biography of Lilith Transcript

A Biography of Lilith Script
A 35 min film by Lynne Sachs
MUSIC: Pamela Z sings “Bone Music”
NARRATION: When God created Adam from the earth, he realized that it was not good for man to exist alone, so he created a woman out of dirt and impure sediment just as he had created Adam. [...]

1994

Which Way is East Transcript

Which Way is East, 16mm, color, sound, 33 min. 1994
by Lynne Sachs
LYNNE: When I was six years old, I would lie on the living room couch, hang my head over the edge, let my hair swing against the floor and watch the evening news upside-down.
A frog that sits at the bottom of a [...]

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