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1 videodisc (22 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
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"Restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive"--Container
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."
Originally released as a motion picture in 1965
Bonus features: The dog and cat takes, outtakes from Film by Samuel Beckett ; Waiting for Godot (1961 ; 104 min.), filmed play for the television series The play of the week, directed by Alan Schneider and starring Burgess Meredith, Zero Mostel, Alvin Epstein and Kurt Kasznar
Director of photography, Boris Kaufman ; art director, Burr Smidt ; editor, Sidney Meyers
Buster Keaton, Nell Harrison, James Karen, Susan Reed
Filmed in Brooklyn, N.Y., 1964
Blu-ray; 16:9 presentation; LPCM 2.0