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The Villa d'Este sculpture gardens frame the nocturnal exploits of a Baroquely-dressed masked figure darting about a waterworks of gushing fountains in "a Hide and Seek in a night-time labyrinth." Jets of water form a mesmerizing erotic fantasy paying homage to abstract visual music,...

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Format: Video
Language:No linguistic content
Published: Los Angeles, CA : Flicker Alley, 2015.
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Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:The Villa d'Este sculpture gardens frame the nocturnal exploits of a Baroquely-dressed masked figure darting about a waterworks of gushing fountains in "a Hide and Seek in a night-time labyrinth." Jets of water form a mesmerizing erotic fantasy paying homage to abstract visual music, early silent cinema, and Sergei Eisenstein's spectacular "cream-separator" sequence in Old and New. 16mm 1.37:1 black & white tinted color sound; with Carmilla Salvatorelli; music "Winter" movement of The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed January 02, 2018).
Physical Description:1 online resource (13 min.)
Playing Time:00:13:25
Production Credits:Music, The four seasons by Antonio Vivaldi.