Unseen cinema. 3, Light rhythms. Artist's ball, so this is Paris [and] excerpt, Light and abstraction (1926-1930) [2-film compilation] / by Ernst Lubitsch ; by Francis Brugière and Oswell Blakeston.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Lubitsch, Ernst, 1892-1947, director.

Brugière, Francis, filmmaker.

Blakeston, Oswell, filmmaker.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--United States.

Motion pictures.

Experimental films--United States.

Experimental films.

Genre:

Short films.

Silent films.

Experimental films.

Abstract films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (12 minutes)

Other Title:

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

Light rhythms : music and abstraction

Artist's ball : so this is Paris

Light rhythms

Light and abstraction

Place of Publication:

[United States] : Filmmakers Showcase, 1936.

Language Note:

Silent with music.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

LIGHT RHYTHMS is part of the film retrospective UNSEEN CINEMA that explores long-forgotten American experimental cinema. With cameraman John Mescall, Lubitsch embarks on a spectacular Charleston montage -- with all of the effects done in camera. The choruses of two musical shows were used, with 500 extras. Art director Harold Grieve designed everything in the nightclub set to resemble a female leg! -KEVIN BROWNLOW Causing a sensation with his German films, Ernst Lubitsch was brought to Hollywood in 1922. He specialized in light comedies distinguished by a flourish that betrayed his cynical view of sex. He will be remembered for sparkling comedies like "Trouble in Paradise" (1932), "Ninotchka" (1939) with Garbo, and the satire "To Be or Not to Be" (1942). -KEVIN BROWNLOW LIGHT AND ABSTRACTION (1926-1930) - 2 FILM COMPILATION51 00:00 ARTIST'S BALL - SO THIS IS PARIS (1926, 4 minutes) edit end at 5:1352 00:00 LIGHT RHYTHMS (1929-30, 5:37 minutes)These two films, the "Artist's Ball" excerpt from "So This Is Paris" and the complete short film "Light Rhythms", offer an interesting comparison regarding abstraction in cinema. While "Light Rhythms" orchestrates a purposeful abstraction, the sequence from "So This Is Paris" transforms a dance number into perhaps an even more fantastic abstract landscape of moving bodies in motion. Each film relies upon moving lights to manipulate the entire picture plane. -BRUCE POSNER 35mm 1.33:1 black and white silent with music 20fps 4:38 minutes. New music by Eric Beheim. Courtesy urner Entertainment.

Notes:

"Music and abstraction".

Title from resource description page (viewed June 11, 2020).

OCLC:

1191033022

Publisher Number:

ASP5053269/marc