LEADER 00000ngm a2200469Ma 4500 001 43993952 005 20000506 TAPE oclc9991: 0176 007 mr ba--dnnartnnac199210 008 000710s1947 cau028 mleng d 009 Reclvl: f Addate: 000710 Addid: OCL Moddate: 080528 Modid: XRF 035 (PFA-FILM)14838 035 (PFA-FILM)14558 035 (PFA-FILM)243 035 GLADN50874402 040 CUY|eamim|cCUY 090 |b1612-01-2654 090 |b1612-01-9232 090 |b1612-01-9231 130 0 Cage (1947) 245 14 The cage|h[motion picture] /|cproduced by Workshop 20, California School of Fine Arts ; directed by Sidney Peterson. 257 U.S. 260 [San Francisco, CA.] :|bCalifornia School of Fine Arts, Workshop 20,|cc1947. 300 1 reel of 1 (1003 ft.) (28 min.) :|bsi., b&w ;|c16 mm. |3triacetate print. 500 Running time: 27:50 at 24 fps. 500 Copyright date on film: 1947. 506 PFA 1612-01-2654. Restricted: Not for research use. 506 Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating.|5CBPF. 508 Photography, Hy Hirsh. 510 4 Peterson, Sidney. The dark of the screen. New York: Anthology Film Archives ; New York University Press, 1980, |cp. 95-98 510 4 Sitney, P. Adams. Visionary film. 2d ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1979,|cp. 52-59 510 4 Peterson, Sidney. "Note," in The avant-garde film: a reader of theory and criticism. New York: New York University Press, 1978,|cp. 76-77 511 0 With: Joseph Brusberg, James Keeney, Anne Hopkins, Beverly Campbell, Rex Mason, Charles Campbell, Harlan Jackson, Merle Jensen. 518 Filmed in San Francisco, California. 520 The film begins with the image of a top hat. A painter puts raw oils on bread, and eats it. The viewer then sees what the artist sees: a naked female model and distorted objects. Collaged figures move, as do objects. In this sequence of object animation, forks and other silverware move over the top hat, which is now seated on a bust. The artist then takes out his eye, which can still see even though disembodied. Occasionally the viewer sees the room and environs from the point of view of the eye, which is rolling on the floor. The bust is then seen in a cage, after which the artist is shown wearing an eye patch. Objects in the studio fall on him. Afterwards, the artist's head is seen in the cage; then another man's head takes his place. The plucked-out eye is still rolling, and a neighbor unsuccessfully tries to shoot it. The eye rolls out a window and onto the street below. The new artist with the cage around his head walks down the street, searching for his eye. The eye sits on a mound of dirt, under a running water faucet, and a snail crawls across it. Intercut are images of an African-American woman back in the artist's studio, running across the room to the door. This scene is repeated several times, with the woman never reaching the door. San Francisco 520 streets become the backdrop for a chase of the eye through the city. Finally the artist regains his eye, becoming the original artist as seen at the beginning of the film. 541 0 PFA 1612-01-9231. D0393 541 0 PFA 1612-01-9232. D0393 541 0 PFA 1612-01-2654. D0067 590 PFA 1612-01-9231. |aCOPY-SPECIFC DESCRIPTION: 1 reel of 1 (1,005 ft.) (28 min.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. print. |aEastman safety print;slightly warped; lines and scratches; needs head leader; A-D level 1; stored in vinegar infirmary; this is the better of two prints from this donation (sharper pix but more scratches) CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 2007/07/03 same CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2010/06/30 Added head leader 590 PFA 1612-01-9232. |aCOPY-SPECIFC DESCRIPTION: 1 reel of 1 (950 ft.) (27 min.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. print. |aKodak safety positive print; light lines and scratches; splices; looks dupey; running time is short; burnt frame at 10.7 ft. CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 2007/04/04 same 590 PFA 1612-01-2654. |aCONDITION NOTE: Viewed during cataloging by LT: 26 Sept 1992; scratches; splices; Excellent condition: one continuous scratch at right of frame; no splices except for academy leader cement spliced at head of film (not printed on) CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 27 Nov 1991; Excellent condition 655 7 Shorts.|2mim 655 7 Personal/independent films.|2mim 690 U.S. films. 690 San Francisco in films. 700 1 Peterson, Sidney,|d1905-2000. 700 1 Hirsh, Hy. 700 1 Brusberg, Joseph. 700 1 Keeney, James. 700 1 Hopkins, Anne. 700 1 Campbell, Beverly. 700 1 Mason, Rex. 700 1 Campbell, Charles. 700 1 Jackson, Harlan. 700 1 Jensen, Merle. 710 2 San Francisco Art Institute.|bWorkshop 20. 935 GLADN50874402 941 0 PFA 1612-01-9231. D0393 donation 1999/04/14 941 0 PFA 1612-01-9232. D0393 donation 1999/04/14 941 0 PFA 1612-01-2654. D0067 purchased with the aid of funds from the NEA; logged in 18 March 1976 PFA. 946 PFA 1612-01-2654. Written on tape at head of reel: Dist.: Grove Press -- Prt. #: S-02206 -- Title: Cage. Printed by lab on clear lab leader: Anthology Film Archives -- Fine grain master -- for printing purposes -- The cage -- S. Peterson. 948 PFA 1612-01-2654. Restricted: Not for research use. 954 20120801|bMarcive Authority Bib 956 20140224|bPFA migration/merge load 957 OCLC xref loaded 20140928 961 PFA 1612-01-2654.|bStored on 1200 ft. reel. 994 92|bCUY