Re: 'Walk Away Renee" Experimental Film from Years Ago?

From: Adam Hyman (email suppressed)
Date: Mon Mar 05 2007 - 09:06:33 PST


Definitely not Harry Smith, though.

A

On 3/5/07 4:59 AM, "J. Mabe" <email suppressed> wrote:

> Could it have been Warren Sonbert's Hall of Mirrors?
>
>
> --- Jim Carlile <email suppressed> wrote:
>
>> Pardon if this is such a classic that it's foolishly
>> redundant, but does
>> anyone remember the name of the old short film made
>> to the Left Banke's "Walk
>> Away Renee" single?
>>
>> It started off as a kid moping around in his
>> bedroom-- crude 16mm-- then
>> shifts to the song played over some absolutely
>> amazing fill footage of a man and
>> his son trying to coax his terrified wife through a
>> revolving door. The
>> footage was obviously repeated takes from some black
>> and white feature, with
>> clapboard, and the woman was Joan Crawford, perhaps?
>>
>> A great, great film, affecting in a weird way. For
>> some reason Harry Smith
>> rings a bell, but I'm not sure who made it.
>>
>> Anyone know the film?
>>
>> Jim Carlile
>>
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