by Whitney, James
Projected medium / 1963
TitleLapis
Item typeProjected medium
Author(s)Whitney, James
Imprint[United States James Whitney, 1963
LanguageEnglish
URLLink to original record
Notes
  • Animation.
  • No credits on film other than the title. Filmmaker's name implied by his logo (a serpent eating itself) at the head and tail of the print; also supplied from can and reference sources.
  • Running time: 08:50.
  • No date on film; date supplied from: Expanded cinema / Gene Youngblood and Visionary film / P. Adams Sitney.
  • PFA 1604-01-2056. Restricted: For PFA exhibition only.
  • Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.
Physical description1 reel of 1 (318 ft.) (9 min.) : mono., opt sd., col. ; 16 mm. triacetate print.

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Date text: 
1963
Author: 
Whitney, James
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James Whitney
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Millenium MARC Record: 
LEADER 00000ngm a2200325Ma 4500 001 43993921 005 20000506 TAPE oclc9991: 0112 007 mr caaadmnartabac199712 008 000710m19631966xxu009 maeng d 009 Reclvl: f Addate: 000710 Addid: OCL Moddate: 080528 Modid: XRF 035 (PFA-FILM)182 035 (PFA-FILM)205 035 GLADN50874437 040 CUY|eamim|cCUY 090 |b1604-01-1205 245 00 Lapis|h[motion picture] /|c[filmmaker, James Whitney]. 257 U.S. 260 [United States :|bJames Whitney,|c1963-66] 300 1 reel of 1 (318 ft.) (9 min.) :|bmono., opt sd., col. ; |c16 mm.|3triacetate print. 500 Animation. 500 No credits on film other than the title. Filmmaker's name implied by his logo (a serpent eating itself) at the head and tail of the print; also supplied from can and reference sources. 500 Running time: 08:50. 500 No date on film; date supplied from: Expanded cinema / Gene Youngblood and Visionary film / P. Adams Sitney. 506 PFA 1604-01-2056. Restricted: For PFA exhibition only. 506 Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating.|5CBPF. 510 4 Russett, Robert and Cecile Starr. Experimental animation: origins of a new art. Rev. ed. New York: Da Capo Press, 1988,|cp. 186, 187 510 4 Sitney, P. Adams. Visionary film. 2d ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1979,|cp. 264, 267, 272 510 4 Youngblood, Gene. Expanded cinema. New York: Dutton, 1970, |cp. 222-228 520 Sitar music plays on the soundtrack while a computer generated mandala changes patterns, colors, and size on the screen. As the circles within the mandala turn around its center, the colors change from reds to blues to greens. The mandala's shape and patterns metamorphose from highly defined diamond-like patterns to exploding into atomic pieces of a galaxy. 590 PFA 1604-01-1205. |aCONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 12 Dec 1997; scratches; Excellent condition, except print is beginning to warp; almost no change in AD strip; some light scratches; color excellent CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 2008/02/15; Very good to excellent condition; nice color; light scratches; warped at head; slightly inferior overall to 1604-01-2056 590 PFA 1604-01-2056. |aCOPY-SPECIFC DESCRIPTION: 1 reel of 1 (9 min.) : mono., opt sd., col. ; 16 mm. triacetate print. |aCONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 2008/02/15; Excellent to very good condition; emulsion is pristine; light base scratches on right side of frame; nice color; slightly superior overall to 1604-01-1205 630 00 Tantras|xFilm and video. 655 7 Shorts.|2mim 655 7 Computer animation.|2mim 655 7 Animation.|2mim 655 7 Personal/independent works.|2mim 655 7 Personal/independent films.|2mim 655 7 Animation.|2mim 655 7 Computer animation.|2mim 690 U.S. films 700 1 Whitney, James. 935 GLADN50874437 941 0 PFA 1604-01-1205. PFA; inventory card has #1 next to title (copy?). 941 0 PFA 1604-01-2056. inventory card has #2 next to title (copy?). 945 LW title varies: Lapis 946 PFA 1604-01-1205. Record revised 2009/02/02 by js (945, deleted restriction) 946 PFA 1604-01-2056. Record revised 2009/02/02 by js (945, 948); revised 2012/09/10 by js (945) 948 PFA 1604-01-2056. Restricted: For PFA exhibition only. 954 20120801|bMarcive Authority Bib 956 20140224|bPFA migration/merge load 957 OCLC xref loaded 20140928 961 PFA 1604-01-1205.|bStored on 400 ft. reel. 961 PFA 1604-01-2056.|bStored on 400 ft. reel. 994 92|bCUY