Direction
Snow's structuralist games with sound-image disjunction.
Editing
Deliberate anti-rhythm that trains you to watch differently.
Writing
The fake interview with Snow himself — pure mischief.

Director
Michael Snow
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title's 'Thanx to Dennis Young' refers to a bootlegger who circulated Snow's work; Snow turned the piracy into permanent credit.
Diderot's original dialogue features a parasite who only exists through others' voices — Snow literalizes this by making the film itself parasitic on cinematic conventions.
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