by Hollander, Gad
VHS / 1985
TitleMnemosyne
Item typeVHS
Author(s)Hollander, Gad
ImprintUnited States La Mamelle, Inc. ; 1985
LanguageEnglish
URLLink to original record
Notes
  • No. 496.
  • Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only. CBPF.
  • PFA 0750-01-10949. Restricted: Other copy available for research.
Physical description1 videocassette of 1 (16 min.) (U-matic NTSC) : sd. ; 3/ 4 in.

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Date text: 
1985
Author: 
Hollander, Gad
Publisher: 
La Mamelle, Inc.
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Millenium MARC Record: 
LEADER 00000ngmaa2200361Ka 4500 001 641586701 003 OCoLC 005 20100615104309.0 007 vf ccahru 008 100615s1985 xxk016 vleng 035 (PFA-FILM)19552 040 CUY|beng|cCUY 245 00 Mnemosyne|h[videorecording] /|cdirector, Gad Hollander. 257 United Kingdom. 260 United States :|bLa Mamelle, Inc. ;|c[1985]. 300 1 videocassette of 1 (16 min.) (U-matic NTSC) :|bsd. ;|c3/ 4 in. 500 No. 496. 506 Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only.|5CBPF. 506 PFA 0750-01-10949. Restricted: Other copy available for research. 520 An old woman with a 'foreign' accent descends into the London Underground reading her diary. She calls herself memory and, from another time and place, tells us the story of her life to the accompaniment of a slide show: from her conception by Heaven and Earth to her present desolate existence in the wake of her daughters' (the nine muses) departure. The slide projectionist is an obscure figure in a robe & cowl who, it transpires, meets her at her journey's end & ferries her across a body of water (the Styx). Though she passes her daughter's on the way to the train, she does not recognise them, meanwhile the mysterious figure beckons her with Madam Butterfly's aria, "one fine day..." 538 U-matic NTSC. 541 0 PFA 0750-01-10949. D0297 590 PFA 0750-01-10949. |aResearcher must fast forward and rewind tape before first use. 655 7 Shorts.|2mim 655 7 Personal/independent works.|2mim 690 British films. 700 1 Hollander, Gad,|edirection. 941 0 PFA 0750-01-10949. D0297 gift 1998/05/21 946 PFA 0750-01-10949. INV record created 2009/12/09 by sw; MIN record created 2010/06/15 by sw; revised 2012/07/16 by js (948, Gadi) 948 PFA 0750-01-10949. Restricted: Other copy available for research. 956 pfsw 956 20140224|bPFA migration/merge load 957 OCLC xref loaded 20140309 994 C0|bCUY