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A Camera That Goes Anywhere: The Legacy of American Documentary Cinema
Stars of the Silver Screen, Season 1, Episode 1, Marilyn Monroe
Stars of the Silver Screen, Season 1, Episode 4, Marlon Brando
Caught
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Come Back, Africa
The DuPont Show of the Month, The Bridge Of San Luis Rey
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Masterworks of American Avant-garde Experimental Films 1920-1970, Hurry! Hurry!
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In this strange little film, Marie Menken photographs billowy flames superimposed over microscopic medical footage of writhing spermatozoa. Her humorous juxtaposition depicts a fiery death-dance of wily males seeking each other in wanton abandon. Ultimately the film is a poignant reminder of the brevity of life.
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In this strange little film, Marie Menken photographs billowy flames superimposed over microscopic medical footage of writhing spermatozoa. Her humorous juxtaposition depicts a fiery death-dance of wily males seeking each other in wanton abandon. Ultimately the film is a poignant reminder of the brevity of life.
"Filmmaking was a natural evolution while I was engaged in painting, particularly since I was primarily concerned in capturing light, it...
In this strange little film, Marie Menken photographs billowy flames superimposed over microscopic medical footage of writhing spermatozoa. Her humorous juxtaposition depicts a fiery death-dance of wily males seeking each other in wanton abandon. Ultimately the film is a poignant reminder of the brevity of life.
"Filmmaking was a natural evolution while I was engaged in painting, particularly since I was primarily concerned in capturing light, its effect on textured surfaces, its glowing luminesence in the dark, the enhancement of juxtaposed color, persistence of vision and eye fatigue." - Marie Menken.
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Prismatic and distorted, Francis Thompson shot the vibrant and fractured images with a Kodak Ciné-Special camera specially rigged with "secret" mirrors, kaleidoscopes and even reflective car hubcaps. His objective was to create a "complete and carefully integrated film using precisely controlled camera distortion...
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Prismatic and distorted, Francis Thompson shot the vibrant and fractured images with a Kodak Ciné-Special camera specially rigged with "secret" mirrors, kaleidoscopes and even reflective car hubcaps. His objective was to create a "complete and carefully integrated film using precisely controlled camera distortion in a dramatically unfolding structure." The experience remains an exquisite time capsule that not only documents Manhattan during the...
Prismatic and distorted, Francis Thompson shot the vibrant and fractured images with a Kodak Ciné-Special camera specially rigged with "secret" mirrors, kaleidoscopes and even reflective car hubcaps. His objective was to create a "complete and carefully integrated film using precisely controlled camera distortion in a dramatically unfolding structure." The experience remains an exquisite time capsule that not only documents Manhattan during the 1950s but also, in the words of the New York Times, proffers "one of the few geniune masterpieces" of burgeoning experimental film movement in the United States.
35mm from 16mm 1.37:1 color sound; production assistance D.A. Pennebaker; music by Gene Forrell.
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Masterworks of American Avant-garde Experimental Films 1920-1970, Evolution
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"I try to leave the imagination of the spectator as free as possible by using purely invented, abstract forms rather than representational forms. In watching these films it is not necessary to search for hidden meanings or to try to associate these invented forms with familiar objects. The spectator may simply rel...
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"I try to leave the imagination of the spectator as free as possible by using purely invented, abstract forms rather than representational forms. In watching these films it is not necessary to search for hidden meanings or to try to associate these invented forms with familiar objects. The spectator may simply relax and look at these films as one would listen to music in order to fully respond to them." - Jim Davis
16mm 1.37:1 color sound.
"I try to leave the imagination of the spectator as free as possible by using purely invented, abstract forms rather than representational forms. In watching these films it is not necessary to search for hidden meanings or to try to associate these invented forms with familiar objects. The spectator may simply relax and look at these films as one would listen to music in order to fully respond to them." - Jim Davis
16mm 1.37:1 color sound.
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