Pharmacy/2001/35mm/black & white abstract photogram film/silent/4:36 min

PHARMACY, directed by BRUCE CHECEFSKY, is based on Stefan and Francizska Themerson's influential 1930 abstract photogram film APTEKA. The Themerson's are considered the most influential filmmakers of the Polish avant-garde of pre-WWII Europe. A stunning black and white abstract film, Pharmacy is a chaotic, anarchic assemblage of chemistry lab measuring cups and spoons, various size test tubes, tweezers, eyeglass lens and a cornucopia of mostly transparent glass pharmaceutical equipment seen as shado