Unseen cinema. 1, The mechanized eye. Episode 16, "Oil" : a symphony in motion / Cineric, Inc. presents ; by Jean Michelson and M.G. MacPherson for Artkino ; direction, M.G. MacPherson.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

MacPherson, M. G., director.

Michelson, Jean, filmmaker, editor of moving image work.

Artkino Pictures, Inc., production company.

Cineric (Firm), presenter.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Petroleum.

Experimental films--United States.

Experimental films.

Motion pictures--United States.

Motion pictures.

Genre:

Short films.

Silent films.

Experimental films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (9 minutes)

Other Title:

Mechanized eye : experiments in technique and form

Unseen cinema : early American avant-garde film, 1893-1941

Place of Publication:

[United States] : Filmmakers Showcase, 1933.

Language Note:

Silent with musical accompaniment and English intertitles.

System Details:

video file

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.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed June 29, 2020).

"Experiments in technique and form".

"Early American avant-garde film, 1893-1941".

OCLC:

1191032697

Publisher Number:

ASP5053227/marc