Visual Essays: Origins of Film
1984, English. Directed by Al Razutis.
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.
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Visual Essays: Origins of Film (1984) was directed by Al Razutis and stars Susan Berganzi, Trevor Brazil, Maria Insell.