Visual Essays: Origins of Film

1984 · 55 min · Drama

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.

Director: Al Razutis
Writer: Al Razutis
Released: October 23, 1984
Language: English

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)

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