Release / film by Bill Morrison ; Hypnotic Pictures
- Published:
- [Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2020]
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (13 min.) : digital, sound, black and white
- Additional Creators:
- Morrison, Bill, 1965 November 17-
Iyer, Vijay
Hypnotic Pictures (Firm)
Icarus Films - Access Online:
- ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu
- Language Note:
- Silent film with English credits, ambient noise, and musical accompaniment.
- Restrictions on Access:
- Access restricted to subscribing institutions.
- Summary:
- On March 17, 1930, a crowd assembled outside Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary in hopes of witnessing Al Capone's release from prison. Morrison and Vijay Iyer turn a single archival panning shot of that scene (originally filmed in 1930 by Jack Painter) and its accompanying audio track (recorded in 1930 by Addison Tice) into a split-screen surround sound panoramic film that continually doubles back on itself, creating a short cinematic meditation on the nature of spectacle and spectatorship.
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- Note:
- Title from title frames.
Originally produced by: Hypnotic Pictures, ©2010. - Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Sound design by Vijay Iyer.
- Technical Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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