Hours for Jerome

Hours for Jerome (1980–82) is an American silent experimental film in two parts directed by Nathaniel Dorsky recording the daily events of Dorsky and his partner, artist Jerome Hiler, around Lake Owassa in New Jersey and in Manhattan.

According to Dorsky, he states that the film "is an arrangement of images, energies, and illuminations from daily life"[2] and a "silent tone poem".

[3] In 2012, Hours for Jerome was included in the annual selection of 25 motion pictures added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and recommended for preservation.

[3] Critic Matthew Flanagan chose it as one of the ten greatest films ever for the 2012 Sight & Sound poll.

[9] Scott MacDonald praised its depiction of the passing year, calling it "America's most compelling cinematic paean to temperate-zone seasonality".