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Unseen Cinema: Light Rhythms, Music and Abstraction
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Unseen Cinema: Light Rhythms, Music and Abstraction
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English
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United States : Anthology Film Archives
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DVD-ROM (168 min.)
Contents Summary
Early American avant-garde cinema from 1894-1941. The rhythmic elements of cinema are explored by artists and filmmakers fascinated by the abstract qualities of light. The American authors of avant-garde classics Le Retour á la raison (1923), Ballet mécanique (1923-24), Anémic cinéma (1926), and Une Nuit sur le Mont Chauve (1934), are finally acknowledged for their seminal artistic achievements made in Europe. Pioneer abstract films by Ralph Steiner, Mary Ellen Bute, Douglass Crockwell, Dwinnell Grant, and George Morris are compared and contrasted with Hollywood montages created by Ernst Lubitsch, Slavko Vorkapich, and Busby Berkeley. For the first time on video, composer George Antheil's original 1924 score accompanies Fernand Léger and Dudley Murphy's film Ballet mécanique, a truly avant-garde cacophony of image and sound.
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Unseen Cinema: Light Rhythms, Music and Abstraction
Available digitallyHU_OSA_00002964
MovingImageIconMoving Image
General Information
Director/Creator
General Information
Original Title
Unseen Cinema: Light Rhythms, Music and Abstraction
General Information
Language
English
General Information
Published
United States : Anthology Film Archives
General Information
Physical Description
DVD-ROM (168 min.)
Contents Summary
Early American avant-garde cinema from 1894-1941. The rhythmic elements of cinema are explored by artists and filmmakers fascinated by the abstract qualities of light. The American authors of avant-garde classics Le Retour á la raison (1923), Ballet mécanique (1923-24), Anémic cinéma (1926), and Une Nuit sur le Mont Chauve (1934), are finally acknowledged for their seminal artistic achievements made in Europe. Pioneer abstract films by Ralph Steiner, Mary Ellen Bute, Douglass Crockwell, Dwinnell Grant, and George Morris are compared and contrasted with Hollywood montages created by Ernst Lubitsch, Slavko Vorkapich, and Busby Berkeley. For the first time on video, composer George Antheil's original 1924 score accompanies Fernand Léger and Dudley Murphy's film Ballet mécanique, a truly avant-garde cacophony of image and sound.
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OSA Film Library
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OSA Film Library
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