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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
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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Schneider, Alan, 1917-1984, film director.
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989, screenwriter.
Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966, actor.
Harrison, Nell, actor.
Karen, James, 1923-2018, actor.
Reed, Susan, 1926-2010, actor.
Smidt, Burr, 1927-2000, art director.
Meyers, Sidney, 1906-1969, editor of moving image work.
Kaufman, Boris, director of photography.
Rosset, Barney, film producer.
Mostel, Zero, 1915-1977, actor.
Meredith, Burgess, 1907-1997, actor.
Epstein, Alvin, 1925-2018, actor.
Kasznar, Kurt, 1913-1979, actor.
Evergreen Theater, production company.
Milestone Film & Video, production company, publisher.
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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