The Poet Peter Waterhouse

This fourth portrait in the 'TAKE5TAKES' series consists largely of long, slow shots and concentrates on seemingly 'small and insignificant' things noticed during the film shoot. By focusing on the poet's surroundings as opposed to the poet himself, the film provides a degree of space necessary for the long sections of complex literature read aloud by Waterhouse. Speech, images and sound are intentionally not synchronised to avoid creating a homogenous unity.