The film of her / written, directed, and edited by Bill Morrison ; produced by Bill Morrison and Fabrica.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Morrison, Bill, 1965 November 17- film director, film producer, screenwriter, editor of moving image work, voice actor.

De Lancey, Guy, narrator.

Fabrica Cinema (Firm), production company.

Icarus Films, distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Library of Congress--Officials and employees--Drama.

Library of Congress.

Pornographic films--Drama.

Pornographic films.

Motion picture film--Preservation--Drama.

Motion picture film.

Video art.

Motion picture film--Preservation.

Genre:

Experimental films.

Short films.

Drama.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (12 min.) : digital, sound, black and white

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2020]

Language Note:

Closed-captioning available.

System Details:

System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

video file

Summary:

Based on the story of Howard Walls, a clerk at the Library of Congress who saved a collection of early paper reel films from the incinerator, director Bill Morrison embellishes the tale a bit in this inspired short work. Here, the vision of a woman in an early porno film has been engrained in the mind of a man working at the Library of Congress and his search for the film of her has an unexpected consequence, as he saves a collection of historically significant films from being destroyed.

Participant:

Curator, Bill Morrison, narrator, Guy De Lancey.

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Originally produced by: Bill Morrison/Fabrica, ©1996.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 14, 2020).

Publisher Number:

if-fher Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.