LEADER 00000ngm 2200457Ka 4500 001 44119796 005 20000525 TAPE OCLC0525: 0166 007 mr ca--dnnartuua-99704- 008 000526m19211925gw 008 mager d 009 Reclvl: f Addate: 000526 Addid: OCL Moddate: 080528 Modid: XRF 035 (PFA-FILM)8170 035 GLADN50849763 040 CUY|eamim|cCUY 041 0 ger 090 |b1604-01-3225 245 00 Opus.|nNos. 2-4|h[motion picture] /|cfilmmaker, Walther Ruttmann. 257 Germany 260 Germany :bWalther Ruttmann,|c[1921-1925] 300 1 reel of 1 (275 ft.) (8 min.) :|bsi., col. ;|c16 mm. |3print. 500 Animation. 500 Title at head of reel: Opus 2, 3, 4. 500 Running time: 7:40. 500 Film begins with the modern title: WALTER RUTTMANN Opus 2, 3,4; then an introductory note in German appears. After this statement, there is a short abstract animation sequence by Ruttmann, and then Ruttmann's original title for Opus II announces the beginning of that work. Opus III and Opus IV also are preceded by Ruttman's original titles. 500 Ruttmann's titles date Opus III from 1924, and Opus IV from 1925. 500 Introductory note reads: "Mit den seinerzeit farbig hergestellten OPUS-Filmen kehrt Ruttmann zur filmischen Urforn zurück. Hierzu erklärte er selbst: 'Man soll sich dabei gar nichts denken.'" (With the original-color OPUS films, Ruttmann returns to the primal form of cinema. In this regard he explains, "They do not require thought.") 500 All four Opus films were originally shown with a score by the Swedish composer Max Butting. The original score, which includes Ruttmann's sketches to guide synchronization, is in the Swedish Film Archive. 506 PFA 1604-01-3225. Restricted: For PFA exhibition only. 506 Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating.|5CBPF. 590 PFA 1604-01-3225. |aCONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: pr 1997; Good to very good condition; color good; despite previous comments noted below; print-through of sprocket holes appear CONDITION NOTE: Previous inspection: 25 Oct 1988; Fair condition: excessive contrast, flash frames, color cited as fair and faded but cataloger notes that color technique employed by Ruttmann would be different from that of print, making quality judgement difficult 655 7 Shorts.|2mim 655 7 Animation.|2mim 655 7 Personal/independent films.|2mim 690 Silent films. 690 German films. 700 1 Ruttmann, Walther. 740 01 Opus II. 740 01 Opus III. 740 01 Opus IV. 740 01 Walther Ruttmann Opus. 935 GLADN50849763 941 0 PFA 1604-01-3225. logged in 1977 Jan 27; logged in vault 1977 Apr 19. 946 PFA 1604-01-3225. On PFA accession card: Sadoul. 946 PFA 1604-01-3225. Written descriptions of Opus I note that it indeed bore resemblance to the other pieces, and a still frame from the film reprinted in Experimental Animation: Origins of a New Art, by Robert Russett and Cecille Starr, is from the opening and closing sequences discussed above. It is worth observing, however, that Leonhard Adelt's review of the original Opus I, from it's premiere screening in 1921, notes that the film included titles which are absent from the present work. 946 PFA 1604-01-3225. Staff at PFA believe that this reel holds Opus I as well as II-IV, although it should be noted that the film's modern title does not acknowledge this. Opus I was believed lost for many years, and then discovered in a European archive. Cataloger suspects that a short animated sequence preceding Opus II is what is believed to be Opus I. The sequence in question includes visual themes similar to some used in Opus II and Opus III. Also, Opus IV concludes with a theme employed at the very beginning of the opening sequence. 948 PFA 1604-01-3225. Restricted: For PFA exhibition only. 956 20140224|bPFA migration/merge load 957 OCLC xref loaded 20140928 961 PFA 1604-01-3225.|bStored on 400 ft. reel. 994 02|bCUY