In the form of the letter X
1985, English. Directed by Mike Cartmell.
The second film of the series Narratives of Egypt (1984-87). In the form of the letter ‘X’ is a signature – a filmic equivalent of Cartmell’s name (which is reduced by exhaustive transcription to a simple X). X is the mark of those who cannot write, or who do not know their own names. Photographed over time against a backdrop of the Canadian Shield, X shows Cartmell’s son Sam running in slow motion towards the camera, and, in the film’s second half, away from it. The shape/structure of the movie is chiasmatic, part of the old avant-garde dream of creating movies that could be run backwards and forwards. The movie is in two parts that form an X.
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- English
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- 1 January 1985
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In the form of the letter X isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1985. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed In the form of the letter X?
In the form of the letter X (1985) was directed by Mike Cartmell.