Unseen cinema. a symphony in motion / 1, The mechanized eye. Episode 16, "Oil" :
THE MECHANIZED EYE is part of the film retrospective UNSEEN CINEMA that explores long-forgotten American experimental cinema. Utilizing a monologue, 'oil' narrates its rise to power in this amateur film produced in Los Angeles. The images, mostly held in heroic, high-angle shots against an...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | No linguistic content |
| Language Notes: | Silent with musical accompaniment and English intertitles. |
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[United States] :
Filmmakers Showcase,
1933.
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| Series: | Academic Video Online
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | THE MECHANIZED EYE is part of the film retrospective UNSEEN CINEMA that explores long-forgotten American experimental cinema. Utilizing a monologue, 'oil' narrates its rise to power in this amateur film produced in Los Angeles. The images, mostly held in heroic, high-angle shots against an open sky, are strongly influenced by Soviet aesthetics. Ultimately the film is a paean to technology and the speed of modern transportation. --JAN-CHRISTOPHER HORAK. Unrelated to the U.S. distributor of Soviet films, Artkino was the name chosen by two amateur movie enthusiasts, Jean D. Michelson and M.G. McPherson, from Burbank, California. In the late 1920s and early 1930s they completed several fiction shorts, which they shot in 35mm, including "War Under the Sea" (1929), "The Trap" (1930), and "Oil" (1930-33). --JAN-CHRISTOPHER HORAK. 35mm 1.33:1 black & white silent with music 24fps 7:50 minutes. Production: Artkino. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed June 29, 2020). "Experiments in technique and form". "Early American avant-garde film, 1893-1941". |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (9 minutes) |
| Playing Time: | 00:08:39 |
| Production Credits: | Camera, editing: Jean D. Michelson; New music by Eric Beheim. |