Made from old travelogue footage including leader numbers, opening titles with swelling overtures, dissolving into panoramas of historic Florence. Four copies of this 50 foot sequence were cut and interwoven as follows: A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D etc… – – – 1 – – 1 2 – 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 2 3 4 5 3 4 5 6 4 5 6 7 The resulting interplay between traditional editing devices like fades, dissolves, pans, swelling crescendos, and the imposed editing structure sets up partial repetitions, stretched out sound and picture images, and whole new meanings in the relentless commentary. – C.G.