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Film / by Samuel Beckett ; directed by Alan Schneider ; written and conceived by Samuel Beckett ; produced by Evergreen Theatre, Inc.
LIBRA DVD PN1997 .F566 2015
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Milestone cinematheque
- The Milestone cinematheque
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Perception (Philosophy)--Drama.
- Perception (Philosophy).
- Ontology--Drama.
- Ontology.
- Genre:
- Fiction films.
- Drama.
- Experimental films.
- Short films.
- Silent films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (22 min.) : DVD video, silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- DVD video 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- Samuel Beckett's film
- Film by Samuel Beckett
- Place of Publication:
- [Harrington Park, N.J.] : Milestone film & video, [2015?]
- System Details:
- digital optical
- video file DVD video
- Summary:
- A man goes to considerable lengths to avoid being seen. Beckett's first venture into the film medium is a one-character production without dialogue, based on Berkeley's theory Esse est percipi, or "to be is to be perceived."
- Participant:
- Buster Keaton, Nell Harrison, James Karen, Susan Reed.
- Credits:
- Art director, Burr Smidt ; edited by Sidney Meyers ; director of photography, Boris Kaufman ; producer, Barney Rosset.
- Notes:
- "Restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive."
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1965.
- Filmed in Brooklyn, N.Y., 1964.
- Bonus features: Waiting for Godot, 1961, 104 minutes. Written by Samuel Beckett. Directed by Alan Schneider for "Play of the week". Starring Zero Mostel and Burgess Meredith. Restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive; "The dog and cat takes" from film by Samuel Beckett, 8 1/2 minutes.
- Contains:
- Play of the week (Television program). Waiting for Godot.
- ISBN:
- 9781933920849
- 193392084X
- OCLC:
- 1042995065
- Publisher Number:
- 784148014944
- Mile00150 Milestone (disc label)
- Mile00149 Milestone (container)
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