The Amputee

Year: 1974

Runtime: 5 mins

Language: English

DramaComedy

A double amputee tries to write a letter, but her nurse keeps interrupting her. The film was made for the American Film Institute as a test of two different black‑and‑white video stocks, resulting in two versions shot on separate stocks. They share the same script but show slight differences in performance, sound design and length. This is Version 2.

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