The mechanical eye : experiments in technique and form / Anthology Film Archives in association with British Film Institute, Cineric, Inc., Deutsches Filmmuseum, Film Preservation Associates, George Eastman House, the Library of Congress and the Museum of Modern Art present ; curator, Bruce Posner ; DVD producer, David Shepard.
Publisher:
Image Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
2005
Description:
1 videodisc (161 min.) : silent, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD-ROM accessible features: filmmaker biographies and photo gallery, acknowledgements, sponsors, film note authors, credits, musicians.
Contents:
Pie in the sky / by Elia "Gadjet" Kazan, et al. for Nykino, 1934-35 (22 min.) -- Captain Nissen going through Whirlpool Rapids, Niagara Falls / Edison Manufacturing Co., 1901 (2 min.) -- Down the Hudson / by Frederick S. Armitage, A.E. Wood for American Mutoscope and Biograph Co., 1903 (3 min.) -- The ghost train / American Mutoscope and Biograph Co., 1903 (20 sec.) -- Westinghouse Works, panoramic view, street car motor room / by G.W. "Billy" Bitzer for American Mutoscope and Biograph Co., 1904 (2 min.) -- In youth, beside the lonely sea, c.1924-5 (5 min.) -- Melody on parade : organ logue, c.1936 (5 min.) -- La Cartomancienne, fortune teller / by Jerome Hill, 1932 (12 min.) -- Pie in the sky / by Elia "Gadjet" Kazan, et al. for Nykino, 1934-35 (22 min.) -- Portrait of a young man / by Henwar Rodakiewicz, 1925-31 (54 min.) "Oil," a symphony in motion / by Jean Michelson, M.G. MacPherson for Artkino, 1933 (8 min.) -- Poem 8 / by Emlen Etting, 1933 (19 min.) -- Storm (shortened version of Storm warning) / by Paul Burnford, 1943 (8 min.) -- Portrait of a young man / by Henwar Rodakiewicz, 1925-31 (54 min.)
Summary:
"The dynamic qualities of motion pictures are explored by cameramen and filmmakers through novel experiments in technique and form. Early cinematographers James White, "Billy" Bitzer, and Frederick Armitage display experimental shooting styles that wowed audiences. Other independent companies further image manipulation through creative staging, editing, and printing, such as a stunning three-screen film that predates Gance's Napoleon. Experiments by photographer Walker Evans, painter Emlen Etting, musician Jerome Hill, and the film collectives Nykino and Artkino record the world in a continual process of flux. A most extreme approach is realized by Henwar Rodakiewicz with Portrait of a young man (1925-31), a monumental study of natural and abstract motions"--Container.
Series:
Unseen cinema ; 1
OCLC:
(OCoLC)71357685
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.