LEADER 00000ngm 2200409Ma 4500 001 43993947 005 20000506 TAPE oclc9991: 0166 007 mr baaadmnartnnac199304 008 000710s19uu xxu012 mleng d 009 Reclvl: f Addate: 000710 Addid: OCL Moddate: 080528 Modid: XRF 035 (PFA-FILM)14527 035 (PFA-FILM)9390 035 (PFA-FILM)229 035 (PFA-FILM)193 035 GLADN50874406 040 CUY|eamim|cCUY 090 |b1606-01-4366 090 |b1604-01-1959 090 |b1606-01-9747 090 |b1612-01-8851 245 02 A movie|h[motion picture] /|c[filmmaker,] Bruce Conner. 257 U.S. 260 United States :|bBruce Conner [producer] ;|aSan Francisco :|bCanyon Cinema Co-op [distributor],|c[1958] 300 1 reel of 1 (416 ft.) (12 min.) :|bopt sd., b&w ;|c16 mm. |3triacetate print. 500 No date on film; date supplied from: Visionary film / P. Adams Sitney. 500 Running time: 11:33. 506 PFA 1612-01-8851. Restricted: For PFA exhibition only. 506 PFA 1606-01-9747. Restricted: For PFA exhibition only. 506 PFA 1606-01-4366. Restricted: For PFA exhibition only. 506 PFA 1604-01-1959. Restricted: For research use. 506 Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating.|5CBPF. 510 4 Sitney, P. Adams. Visionary film. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1979,|cp. 310-311 510 4 MacDonald, Scott. A critical cinema: interviews with independent filmmakers. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988,|cp. 254 510 4 History of the American avant-garde cinema. New York: American Federation of Arts, 1976,|cp. 92-93 520 This film encapsulates dominant themes in the history of motion pictures: chase, motion, sex, violence, and disasters. It also links these themes to images of the elements air, water, and fire. Dramatic "movie" music plays throughout the film. The film begins with these titles: "Bruce Conner;" "A movie;" "Bruce Conner." Then academy leader begins its countdown. A brief image of a seated naked woman is cut in, then the title "The end." The academy leader begins its countdown again, interrupted by a scene from a western of covered wagons chased by Indians on horses. Other chase scenes are cut in quick succession: an elephant runs towards the camera; race cars dash around a track and crash; a car falls off a cliff. To close this segment, the title "The end" and "Movie" appear. After a brief cut of bare-breasted "native" women carrying tall platters of fruit on their heads passes, the film turns to images of motion, adventure and disaster. The scenes also depict "Man" trying to overcome nature's restrictions. A Zeppelin flies over a city, then acrobats are shown perched high above a city street. The title "A movie by Bruce Conner" interrupts these images of man trying to be airborne. The film then turns to images of water: men in a submarine look through a periscope, with the object of their gaze being a reclining woman dressed in underwear--the men then shoot a torpedo at her; a nuclear explosion at sea is shown; surfers in waves; small boats at sea; waterskiers. The theme of motion is continued by images of people on different-sized bicycles and motorcycles. A small plane crashes in water. Teddy Roosevelt speaks, and a bridge collapses. Violence is introduced after a brief moment of black. Then, we see a plane exploding in air, battle scenes of missiles and bombs dropped from planes, a volcano erupting, the Zeppelin in flames, and skydivers. A hot air balloon bursts in flames and falls to the ground. A single-span bridge lifts and falls as if a huge waveform, followed by the Zeppelin explosion run backwards. A ship sinks, we see an execution by firing squad, Mussolini hung upside down, and a nuclear explosion at sea. A dead elephant is followed by images of starving people in Africa, a beaver under water, and the burning Zeppelin finally falling to the ground. After this last cataclysm, the film returns to the theme of water but in a more peaceful mode, using the image of a beaver that can co-exist on land and water as a hopeful model to counteract humanity's destructive impulses. The music becomes calmer as a scuba diver explores a sunken ship, swimming into it. The last shot is from the point of view of being underwater, looking up to the ocean's surface with sun rays. 541 0 PFA 1612-01-8851. D0209 541 0 PFA 1606-01-9747. D0171; D0413 541 0 PFA 1606-01-4366. D0171; D0271 590 PFA 1612-01-8851. |aCOPY-SPECIFC DESCRIPTION: 1 reel of 1 (415 ft.) (12 min.) : opt sd., b&w ; 16 mm. print. |aCONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 2007/09/04; Excellent condition; no dirt; no splices; no scratches; all films hot spliced together with black slug between films CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2007/03/29 same 590 PFA 1606-01-9747. |aCOPY-SPECIFC DESCRIPTION: 1 reel of 1 (415 ft.) (12 min.) : opt sd., b&w ; 16 mm. estar print. 590 PFA 1606-01-4366. |aCONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 10 April 1993; Excellent condition 590 PFA 1604-01-1959. |aCOPY-SPECIFC DESCRIPTION: 1 reel of 1 (415 ft.) (12 min.) : opt sd., b&w ; 16 mm. triacetate print. |aCONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 10 April 1993; scratches; warped; Good condition: continuous heavy scratch at right of frame throughout print; warped as it comes off reel 655 7 Shorts.|2mim 655 7 Personal/independent films.|2mim 690 U.S. films 700 1 Conner, Bruce,|d1933-2008. 935 GLADN50874406 941 0 PFA 1612-01-8851. D0209 donation in honor of Jacquelynn Baas; 1999/02/12 941 0 PFA 1606-01-9747. D0171 and the D0413 donation 2001/03/ 15. 941 0 PFA 1606-01-4366. D0171 and D0271 gift; 1989 Apr 25. 946 PFA 1612-01-8851. Record revised 2010/01/15 by js (963) 946 PFA 1606-01-4366. Canyon Cinema Co-op logo tape spliced on at head of print. 948 PFA 1612-01-8851. Restricted: For PFA exhibition only. 948 PFA 1606-01-9747. Restricted: For PFA exhibition only. 948 PFA 1606-01-4366. Restricted: For PFA exhibition only. 948 PFA 1604-01-1959. Restricted: For research use. 956 20140224|bPFA migration/merge load 957 OCLC xref loaded 20170423 961 PFA 1606-01-4366.|bStored on 600 ft. reel. 961 PFA 1604-01-1959.|bStored on 400 ft. reel. 994 92|bCUY