LEADER 00000ngm a2200385Ma 4500 001 43993955 005 20000506 TAPE oclc9991: 0180 007 mr ba--dnnartnnac199209 008 000710s1924 fr 010 mlfre d 009 Reclvl: f Addate: 000710 Addid: OCL Moddate: 080528 Modid: XRF 035 (PFA-FILM)20601 035 (PFA-FILM)231 035 GLADN50874399 040 CUY|eamim|cCUY 090 |b1604-01-2361 245 00 Ballet mécanique|h[motion picture] /|cun film de Fernand Léger. 257 France 260 Paris :|bSynchro-ciné [distributor] ;|a[United States] : |bThunderbird Films [distributor],|c1924. 300 1 reel of 1 (375 ft.) (10 min.) :|bsi., b&w ;|c16 mm. |3triacetate print. 500 Occasional French text; introductory titles in French precede film proper. 500 Credits intentionally omitted from film; supplied from: Cubist cinema / Standish Lawder. 500 Printed successive logos at head of film: Thunderbird Films presents; Synchro-ciné présente. 500 Title after logos and French introductory text: Charlot présente le Ballet mécanique. 500 Scrolling introductory text: Le Ballet mécanique a été composé par le peintre Fernand Léger en 1924. C'est le premier film sans scénario. Il a été présenté dans toutes les capitales d'Europe et plusieurs fois à New- York. Jusqu'ici on ne l'avait vu à Paris que dans des réunions privées. Il nous a paru intéressant au moment où les haut- parleurs écartent l'écran toute possibilité de rêve, de présenter ce film dont S.M. Eisenstein a dit qu'il était un des rares chefs-d'oeuvres du cinéma français. 500 End title: Synchro-ciné, 63 Av. des Champs-Elysées, Paris. 500 Running time at 24 fps: 10:26 min. 506 Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating.|5CBPF. 508 Assistant direction, Dudley Murphy; camera, Dudley Murphy, Man Ray. 511 0 [Cast:] Kiki. 520 The opening title "Charlot présente le Ballet mécanique" is presented by a cut-out likeness of Charlie Chaplin. The film then begins. A woman swings in a swing. Close-ups of a hat, then lips. The lips smile. Cut to wheels (gears) turning. The swinging woman is then printed upside-down. Quick close-ups of clocks' gears, machines, and fractured and faceted images. Cuts of trucks and feet marching. A circle and a triangle quickly alternate frames, creating a fast flickering effect (in the original print, the circle and triangle were hand-painted, but not in this print). Pistons move, egg beaters whir, and then a close-up of eyes. An older woman carrying a laden basket walks up some outdoor stairs. This last footage is repeated. An intertitle appears: On a volé un collier de perles de 5 millions. O's and harnesses shaped like O's are quickly intercut. Another intertitle appears: ZOV. The following images are cut in quick succession: a woman's head; Uncle Sam; disembodied legs; a clock; and a hat and shoe. The film ends with the cut-out Chaplin reappearing. 541 0 PFA 1604-01-14624. D0003 562 Silent version. 590 PFA 1604-01-14624. |aCOPY-SPECIFC DESCRIPTION: 1 reel of 1 (395 ft.) (11 min.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. print. |aCONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2012/03/12; Dupey print. 590 PFA 1604-01-2361. |aCONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: Sept 1992; splices; scratches; Very good condition: two splices, many scratches throughout, some printed on 655 7 Shorts.|2mim 655 7 Personal/independent films.|2mim 690 Silent films. 690 French films. 700 1 Léger, Fernand,|d1881-1955. 700 1 Murphy, Dudley. 700 0 Man Ray,|d1890-1976. 700 0 KiKi. 710 2 Thunderbird Films. 710 2 Synchro-ciné. 935 GLADN50874399 941 0 PFA 1604-01-14624. D0003 donation 945 LW title varies: Ballet mcanique 945 LW title varies: Ballet mcanique 946 PFA 1604-01-14624. Record revised 2012/01/30 by js (099) 954 20120801|bMarcive Authority Bib 956 20140224|bPFA migration/merge load 956 20140910|bpfmcq|cMR 957 OCLC xref loaded 20140928 961 PFA 1604-01-2361.|bStored on 400 ft. reel. 994 92|bCUY