The mechanized eye : experiments in technique and form.
| Format | Video (DVD) |
| Publication Info | New York : Anthology Film Archives : Distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment, ©2005. |
| Description | 1 videodisc (161 min.) : sound & silent, black and white and tinted ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Posner, Bruce Charles, 1953- |
| Other author/creator | Shepard, David. |
| Other author/creator | Haller, Robert A. |
| Other author/creator | Günther, Winfried. |
| Other author/creator | Anthology Film Archives. |
| Other author/creator | Image Entertainment (Firm) |
| Series | Unseen cinema : early American avant-garde film, 1894-1941 ; Disc 1 Unseen cinema ; Disc 1. ^A766181 |
| Contents | 5 Paris Exposition films (1900) / James White. Eiffel Tower from Trocadero Palace (1900) ; Palace of Electricity (1900) ; Champs de Mars (1900) ; Panorama of Eiffel Tower (1900) ; Scene from elevator ascending Eiffel Tower (1900) -- Captain Nissen going through Whirlpool Rapids, Niagara Falls (1901 : creators unknown) -- Down the Hudson (1903) / Frederick Armitage & A.E. Weed -- The ghost train (1903 : creators unknown) -- Westinghouse Works, panorama view, Street Car Motor Room (1904) / G.W. "Billy" Bitzer -- In youth, beside the lonely sea (ca. 1924-25 : creators unknown) -- Melody on parade (ca. 1936 : creators unknown) -- La cartomancienne (The fortune teller) (1932) / Jerome Hill -- Pie in the sky (1934-35) / Nykino: Elia Kazan, Ralph Steiner & Irving Lerner -- Travel notes (1932) / Walker Evans -- Oil: a symphony in motion (1933) / Artkino: M.G. MacPherson & Jean Michelson -- Poem 8 (1932-33) / Emlen Etting -- Storm (1942-43) / Paul Burnford -- Portrait of a young man (1925-31) / Henwar Rodakiewicz. Movement one Movement two Movement three. |
| Abstract | "The dynamic qualities of motion pictures are explored by cameramen and filmmakers through novel experiments in technique and form"--Container. |
| Credits | Curated by Bruce Posner, produced for DVD by David Shepard, administered by Robert A. Haller and Winfried Günther. |
| Technical details | DVD. |
| Genre/form | Short films. |
| Genre/form | Silent films. |
| Genre/form | Documentary films. |
| Publisher number | ID0592DSDVD Image Entertainment |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | Compact DVDs | PN1995.9.E96 U57 2005 DVD V. 1 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |