Ballet Mechanique
(2024, original release: 1924)

Fiction

eVideo

Provider: Kanopy

Details

PUBLISHED
Filmmakers Showcase, 1924
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2024
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (streaming video file) (17 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
14917347
LANGUAGE
English
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Ballet Mécanique is a Dadaist post-Cubist art film conceived, written, and co-directed by the artist Fernand Léger in collaboration with the filmmaker Dudley Murphy (with cinematographic input from Man Ray). It has a musical score by the American composer George Antheil. However, the film premiered in a silent version on 24 September 1924 at the Internationale Ausstellung neuer Theatertechnik (International Exposition for New Theater Technique) in Vienna presented by Frederick Kiesler. It is considered one of the masterpieces of early experimental filmmaking. 2K digital restoration from 35mm 1.33:1 black & white with color tints silent 20fps, 15:53 minutes; music by George Antheil from original 1924-25 score adapted and arranged by Paul D. Lehrman and remixed by Gustavo Matamoros

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Originally produced by Filmmakers Showcase in 1924

Mode of access: World Wide Web

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