| Description |
1 videodisc (137 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ( 31 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.) |
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Title from container. |
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Films originally produced between 1933 and 1980. |
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Accompanying booklet, entitled On pinscreens and harmonic lines : the animation of Alexeïeff, includes essays by Susan Doll and Dominique Willoughby. |
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Special feature: Booklet; The pinscreen, a documentary by Norman McLaren; Mindscape, a film by Jacques Drouin; Alexeieff and Parker making three moods,a documentary; Gallery (engravings, portraits, tools). |
| Contents |
Pinscreen films: Une nuit sur le Mont Chauve = Night on Bald Mountain (1933) ; En passant (1944) ; Le nez = The nose (1963) ; Tableaux d'une exposition = Pictures at an exposition (1972) ; Trois thèmes = Three moods (1980) -- Advertising films: La belle au bois dormant = Sleeping beauty (1935) ; Opta empfängt (1936) ; Parade des Sools (1966) ; Étoiles nouvelles (1937) ; Fumées (1952) ; Nocturne (1954) ; Pure beauté (1954) ; Les rimes (1954) ; Masques (1955) ; La sève de la terre (1955) -- Studies and tests: Essais pendulaires = Pendulum studies ; Études de solides illusoirs = Studies of illusory solids -- Documentaries, extra features: À propos de Jivago = Zhivago ; The Alexeieff-Parker pin screen = L'écran d'épingles Alexeieff-Parker / directed by Norman McLaren (1973) ; Alexeïeff et Parker réalisant Trois thèmes = Alexeïeff and Parker making Three moods (1980) ; Le paysagiste = Mindscape / directed by Jacques Drouin (1976). |
| Summary |
A collection that showcases the animation of acclaimed artist Alexandre Alexeïeff, and his wife and collaborator, Claire Parker, famous for their pinscreen animation technique. Includes pinscreen films, advertisements made to be shown in movie theaters, photographs of Alexeïeff's still artworks, and documentaries about Alexeïeff and Parker that feature demonstrations of the pinscreen approach. |
| System Details |
DVD, all regions, full screen presentation. |
| Language |
English or French dialogue. |
| Subject |
Alexeieff, Alexandre, 1901-1982.
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Parker, Claire, 1906-1981.
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Animators -- France.
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Animated films -- Production and direction.
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Animated films -- History and criticism.
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| Genre/Form |
Animated films
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Promotional films
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Experimental films
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Short films
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Documentary films
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| Added Author |
Alexeieff, Alexandre, 1901-1982.
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Parker, Claire, 1906-1981.
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McLaren, Norman, 1914-1987.
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Drouin, Jacques.
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Doll, Susan, 1954-
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Willoughby, Dominique.
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Cinédoc (Firm)
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Facets Video (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Alexeïeff |
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On pinscreens and harmonic lines
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| ISBN |
156580855X |
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9781565808553 |
| Standard No. |
736899126728 |
| Music No. |
DV98738 Facets Video |
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