Unseen Cinema: The Amateur as Auteur
One of a seven-DVD series exploring American avant-garde cinema from 1894-1941. Presented by Anthology Film Archives in association with the British Film Institute, Cineric, Film Preservation Associates, Deutsches Filmmuseum, George Eastman House, The Library of Congress and The Museum of Modern Art...
Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
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Language: | English |
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Anthology Film Archives
2005
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:02f3b88a-8170-4785-89b2-4e33a75caf35 |
Summary: | One of a seven-DVD series exploring American avant-garde cinema from 1894-1941. Presented by Anthology Film Archives in association with the British Film Institute, Cineric, Film Preservation Associates, Deutsches Filmmuseum, George Eastman House, The Library of Congress and The Museum of Modern Art. These home-made films incorporate avant-garde strategies and techniques to achieve a true sense of cinematic intimacy. Glimpses of life caught unawares are found in the home movies of Elizabeth Woodman Wright, Archie Stewart, Frank Stauffacher, and John C. Hecker. Poetic lyricism finds a voice in city symphonies: Lynn Riggs and James Hughes' A Day in Santa Fe (1931) and Rudy Burckhardt's Haiti (1938). Professionally minded films, like Theodore Case's sound tests (c. 1925) and Lewis Jacobs' Tree Trunk to Head (1938), operate from a similar home-spun perspective of sincerity. Joseph Cornell offers an enigmatic but lovely homage to childhood with Children's Trilogy (c. 1938). Films: 7 Case Sound Tests (c. 1924-25)—Theodore Case & Earl Sponable Windy Ledge Farm (c. 1929-34)—Elizabeth Woodman Wright A Day in Santa Fe (1931)—Lynn Riggs & James Hughes 4 Stewart Family Home Movies (c. 1935-39)—Archie Stewart Children’s Party (c. 1938)—Joseph Cornell Cotillion (c. 1938)—Joseph Cornell The Midnight Party (c. 1938)—Joseph Cornell Haiti (1938)—Rudy Burckhardt Tree Trunk to Head (1938)—Lewis Jacobs Bicycle Polo at San Mateo (1940-42)—Frank Stauffacher 1126 Dewey Avenue, Apt. 207 (1939)—John C. Hecker |
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Published: | 2005 |