Unseen cinema. 3, Light rhythms. Moods of the sea / by Slavko Vorkapich and John Hoffman.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Vorkapich, Slavko, director.

Hoffman, John, 1904-1980, director.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--United States.

Motion pictures.

Experimental films--United States.

Experimental films.

Genre:

Abstract films.

Experimental films.

Short films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (10 minutes)

Other Title:

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

Light rhythms : music and abstraction

Moods of the sea

Place of Publication:

[United States] : Filmmakers Showcase, 1941.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

LIGHT RHYTHMS is part of the film retrospective UNSEEN CINEMA that explores long-forgotten American experimental cinema. Slavko Vorkapich stubbornly advocated the potential of cinema as an independent art that could achieve the heights of visual poetry through its organization of light and motion, just as great music involves the sheer play of tones. The film demonstrates this while observing the infinite subtlety in nature's motion. -DAVID SHEPARD Born in Hungary, John Hoffman began in Hollywood as a designer, notably responsible for several sets in Universal's Dracula (1930). With Slavko Vorkapich, Hoffman learned to design and direct montage. Hoffman made the unforgettable earthquake sequence in San Francisco (1936) and montages in films such as Boom Town (1940) and Cover Girl (1943). -BRUCE POSNER. Serbian-born artist, Slavko Vorkapich settled 1925 in Santa Barbara as a portrait painter and by 1928, inspired by director Rex Ingram, entered Hollywood studios as a "montage" specialist. His name eventually became a noun describing the sequences for which he was famous. In later years, he made Pepsi commercials and lectured on principles of film art. -DAVID SHEPARD Alternate title: "Fingal's Cave". 35mm 1.37:1 black and white sound 9:32 minutes. Music: Felix Mendelsohn.

Notes:

"Music and abstraction".

Title from resource description page (viewed June 08, 2020).

OCLC:

1191032353

Publisher Number:

ASP5053295/marc