Visual Essays: Origins of Film

Name: Visual Essays: Origins of Film
Director: Al Razutis
Genre: Drama
Released: 1984-10-23
Duration: 55 min
Cast: Susan Berganzi, Trevor Brazil, Maria Insell, Amarjeet Ratan, Al Razutis

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1984 · 55 min · Drama

Overview

These six essays on film/image history reconstruct cinema history by 're-imagining' its origins, and its poetries, and use historical films themselves (as 'text') to provide the meanings of their creations. Together, these film essays comprise a critical/structural investigation of silent cinema ending with Segei Eisenstein's works (for Stalin) - from Lumiere and Melies through surrealism and horros, to montage and propaganda, we 're-invent' epochs in cinema that became its language and culture.

Directed by Al Razutis

Cast

Susan Berganzi — (segment "For Artaud") (voice)
Trevor Brazil — (segment "For Artaud") (voice)
Maria Insell — (segment "For Artaud") (voice)
Amarjeet Ratan — (segment "For Artaud") (voice)
Al Razutis — (voice)