Payphones Past

“THE PHONE BOOTH (scene)”, by Maria Rogel.

‘THE PHONE BOOTH (SCENE)’ belongs to the collective line of BESOMELO(d)P, ‘footage-in-progress and site specific interventions, for a Contemporary Melodramatization and a recovery of Cinema Heritage’. This clip is a tribute to one of the commonplaces from classic melodrama Cinema.

BESOMELO(d)P Clip #1: “THE PHONE BOOTH (scene)”, by Maria Rogel. from LAPOR on Vimeo.

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