Standard Gauge Morgan Fisher, 1984

While on one level, Standard Gauge is Fishers homage to 35mm and to the diverse cinematic world it made possible, the irony of its having been filmed in 16mm reveals a conceptual paradox central to the film, and which unites it with the webs of irony and paradox evident in his earlier work. () As Fisher explains in his program notes, the thirtytwo minute shot is virtually the maximum length of a scene in 16mm, and is longer by far than 35mm is capable of. For all its potentials and accomplishments, standard gauge is limited, and in ways that a non standard gaugea gauge quite marginal to mainstream film historyis not. (Scott MacDonald)