From: Bruce Posner (email suppressed)
Date: Mon Oct 10 2005 - 10:13:11 PDT
A HEARTFELT TIP OF THE HAT TO ALL OF THE ARCHIVES AND COLLECTIONS
that contributed to the "Unseen Cinema DVD." In particular, acknowledgments
are made to those represented this week at the 24th PORDENONE SILENT FILM
FESTIVALin Sacile, Italy, where "Unseen Cinema DVD" is playing daily at the
Ruffo Cinema in one-hour installments selected by DVD producer David
Shepard:
Anthology Film Archives, The Library of Congress, British Film Institute,
The Museum of Modern Art, George Eastman House, The Metropolitan Museum of
Art, Film Preservation Associates, Paramount PIctures, Turner
Entertainment, National Archives and Records Service, Larson-Casselton
Collection, Jerome Foundation, Producers Library Service, Lawrence Jordan,
G. Shirmer, University of South Carolina Newsfilm Archive, Northeast
Historic Film, Orgone Archive, Instituto Valencia, Harry Ranson Center
University of Texas, Austin, New Mexico State Records Center and Archives,
and Nederlands Filmmuseum
And, to our glorious sponsors: Eastman Kodak Company, Cineric Inc.,
Deutsches Filmmuseum, and Film Preservation Associates
For more information: http://www.cinetecadelfriuli.org/gcm/
(downloadable PDF program schedule)
Saturday, October 8, 18.00
1. UNSEEN CINEMA THE MECHANIZED EYE: EXPERIMENTS IN TECHNIQUE AND FORM
Paris Exposition of 1900 (6 films), by James White, Edison Mfg. Co
La Cartomancienne [The Fortune Teller] by Jerome Hill, USA, 1932
Travel Notes, by Walker Evans, USA, 1932
Oil -- A Symphony in Motion, by Artkino [Collective], USA, 1933
Poem 8, by Emlen Etting, USA, 1933
Sunday, October 9, 18.00
2. UNSEEN CINEMA THE DEVIL'S PLAYTHING: AMERICAN SURREALISM
Impossible Convicts, by G. W. "Billy" Bitzer, USA, 1905
When the Clouds Roll By, by Douglas Fairbanks and Victor Fleming, USA, 1919
Beggar on Horseback (excerpt), by James Cruze, USA, 1924
Tomatos Another Day, by J. S. Watson Jr., USA, 1930-33
"The Enigmatic World of Joseph Cornell"
Unreal News Reels, creators unknown, USA, c. 1926
The Children's Jury, by creators unknown, USA, c. 1938
Thimble Theater, Jack's Dream, by Joseph Cornell, USA, c. 1938
Monday, October 10, 19.00
3. UNSEEN CINEMA LIGHT RHYTHMS: MUSIC AND ABSTRACTION
Ballet Mecanique, by F. Leger and Dudley Murphy, France, 1923-24, with
original synchronized score by Georges Antheil, realized by Paul Lehrman.
Looney Lens: Anamorphic People, by Al Brick, USA, 1927
The Furies, by Slavko Vorkapich, USA, 1934
So This is Paris (excerpt), by Ernst Lubitsch, USA, 1926
Synchromy No. 2, by Mary Ellen Bute and Ted Nemeth, USA, 1936
Glens Falls Sequence, by Douglass Crockwell, USA, 1937-46
Abstract Movies, by George L. K. Morris, USA, 1937-47
Moods of the Sea, by Slavko Vorkapich and John Hoffman, USA, 1941
Wednesday, October 12, 11.30
4. UNSEEN CINEMA INVERTED NARRATIVES: NEW DIRECTIONS IN STORYTELLING
Moonland, by Neil McGuire, Wm. A. O'Connor, USA, 1923-26
Little Geezer, by Theodore Huff, USA, 1932
Black Legion, by Nykino [Collective}. USA 1936-37
Object Lesson, by Christopher Young, USA, 1931
"Sredni Vashtar" by Saki, by David Bradley, USA, 1940-43
Thursday, October 13, 19.30
5. UNSEEN CINEMA PICTURING A METROPOLIS; N.Y. CITY UNVEILED
Demolishing and Building the Star Theatre, By Frederick Armitage, USA,
1902
Coney Island by Night by Edwin S. Parter, 1905
Interior, N.Y. Subway, 14th Street to 42nd Street, "Billy Bitzer:, USA,
1905
Seeing New York by Yacht, 1902
Looney Lens: Split Skyscrapers; 10th Avenue, New York City, c. 1924
Ford Educational Weekly (Selected Play), creators unknown, USA, 1916-25
$24 Island [restored] by Robert Flaherty, USA, 1926
Manhattan Medley, by Bonney Powell, USA, 1931
Footnote to Fact, by Lewis Jacobs, USA, 1933
Seeing the World, Part One: A Visit to New York, N.Y., by Rudy
Burckhardt, USA, 1937
Friday, October 14, 18.00
6. UNSEEN CINEMA THE AMATEUR AS AUTEUR: DISCOVERING PARADISE IN PICTURES
Windy Ledge Farm, by Elizabeth Woodman Wright, USA, 1929-34
A Day in Santa Fe, by Lynn Riggs and James Hughes, USA, 1931
From Joseph Cornell's Childrens Trilogy: Childrens Party, The Midnight
Party, USA, 1938
Saturday, October 15, 19.30
7. UNSEEN CINEMA VIVA LA DANCE: THE BEGINNINGS OF CINE-DANCE
Annabelle Dances and Dances, by W.K.L. Dickson, Wm. Heise, James White,
USA, 1894-97
"Early Superimpositions", 3 films of 1900 by Frederick Armitage, USA
The Soul of the Cypress, by Dudley Murphy, USA, 1920
Mechanical Principles, by Ralph Steiner, USA, 1930
Miss Tilly Losch in her Dance of the Hands, by Norman Bel Geddes, USA,
c. 1930-1933
Hands, by Willard Van Dyke and Ralph Steiner, USA, 1934
An Optical Poem, by Oskar Fischinger, USA, 1938
Danse Macabre, by Dudley Murphy and Francis Brugiere, USA, 1922
Peer Gynt (excerpt), by David Bradley, USA, 1941
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