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Unseen cinema. 3, Light rhythms. La mer

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Summary: LIGHT RHYTHMS is part of the film retrospective UNSEEN CINEMA that explores long-forgotten American experimental cinema. "Great poem "La Mer" ... Ovady Julber, who is a stargazer and has a sense of...

LIGHT RHYTHMS is part of the film retrospective UNSEEN CINEMA that explores long-forgotten American experimental cinema. "Great poem "La Mer" ... Ovady Julber, who is a stargazer and has a sense of destiny... -CARL SANDBURG. Little is known of this rare experimental film that predates similar experiments of Slavko Vorkapich and John Hoffman with "Moods of the Sea". Produced in 1936 on the first available 8mm equipment and subsequentialy blown up to 16mm, this forgotten classic is a pioneer attempt to visualize a musical composition in pure cinema. -BRUCE POSNER "This film in its poetry of motion would be a filmic feat if it had been made by MGM, Paramount, and Warner Bros. combined. It is even more so, considering that it was done by a single man with an 8mm. camera!" -TIME MAGAZINE I knew Ovady Julber very well in the 1960's and still have many memories of his recounting of the making of the 8mm film La Mer in or around 1932 using "cutting in the camera" techniques. The music was taken from the 78's of conductor Coppola. -DONALD MORRIS 16mm from 8mm 1:37 black and white sound 16:54 minutes. Music: Claude Debussy. Technical Note: Image quality poor due to VHS telecine of a now lost film.