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Unseen cinema. 4, Inverted narratives. Moonland / conceived and executed by Neil McGuire ; assisted by William A. O'Connor, director.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--United States.
- Motion pictures.
- Experimental films--United States.
- Experimental films.
- Genre:
- Silent films.
- Short films.
- Experimental films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (12 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Unseen cinema : early American avant-garde film, 1893-1941
- Inverted narratives : new directions in storytelling
- Moonland
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : Filmmakers Showcase, 1926.
- Language Note:
- Silent; intertitles in English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- INVERTED NARRATIVES is part of the retrospective UNSEEN CINEMA that explores long-forgotten American experimental cinema. A conventional short program filler turns into a science fiction illustration gone visually berserk. Mickey McBain's search for the "man in the moon" leads him through oversized background paintings reminiscent of a psychedelic black-and-white "The Wizard of Oz", but this film predates that fantasy by at least a decade. The tie comes from the close artistic collaborations in the early 1920s between Neil McGuire and Warren A. Newcombe, the special effects painter who produced the Emerald City backgrounds fro Oz. -BRUCE POSNER 16mm from 35mm 1.33:1 black and white silent with music 18fps 11:21 minutes. Production J. Willard Elwood.
- Notes:
- "New directions in storytelling".
- Title from resource description page (viewed June 04, 2020).
- OCLC:
- 1191032698
- Publisher Number:
- ASP5053303/marc
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