Visual Essays: Origins of Film

1984

55 min

English

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These six essays on film/image history reconstruct cinema history by 're-imagining' its origins, and its poetries, and use historical films themselves (as 'text') to provide the meanings of their creations. Together, these film essays comprise a critical/structural investigation of silent cinema ending with Segei Eisenstein's works (for Stalin) - from Lumiere and Melies through surrealism and horros, to montage and propaganda, we 're-invent' epochs in cinema that became its language and culture.

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Susan Berganzi as (segment "For Artaud") (voice)

Trevor Brazil as (segment "For Artaud") (voice)

Maria Insell as (segment "For Artaud") (voice)

Amarjeet Ratan as (segment "For Artaud") (voice)

Al Razutis as (voice)

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Al Razutis · Director, Writer

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