A visit to Indiana

Duration: 12

Year Published: 1970

Creator: a film by Ted Davis and Curt McDowell.

Format: 16mm

Color: Color & B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: McDowell, Curt, 1945-1987, direction.; Davis, Ted, direction.; Canyon Cinema.

Description: Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only. CBPF.; PFA: 1604-01-15110. Restricted: Do not use. For picture reference only. Track is unsatisfactory.; PFA 1604-01-15111. Restricted: Do not use. Out of sync.; PFA 1604-01-15101. Restricted: For research use. Not final timing.; PFA 1604-01-15102. Restricted: PFA exhibition backup.; PFA 1604-01-15103. Restricted: For PFA exhibition only.; "Curt McDowell's A Visit to Indiana (1970) is a strangely loving jab at midwestern culture, sharply executed by one of its own, the young Curt McDowell who had abandoned the heartland for the swollen hills of San Francisco. A montage of home movie footage, depicting Curt's extended midwestern family, flits by in murky recollection while the artist converses with another Indianan about a recent trip back. The droll commentary, McDowell's blase observations counterpointed by a biting avuncular voice in repartee, floats above a parade of mundane doings, backyard barbecues, aimless walks, cheerful gatherings, that illustrate McDowell's sense of a culture in suspension like a doldrum of inactivity." -- Steve Seid.; PFA 1604-01-15110. Colorlab via Chace Audio; PFA 1064-01-15111. Colorlab.; PFA 1064-01-15101. Colorlab.; PFA 1064-01-15102. Colorlab.; 16 mm. version.; PFA 1604-01-15110. Preservation print #1 with reference only sound. Track on this print is printed through from the preservation interneg, which has the track from the Diner master; this track is not supposed to be satisfactory; this print is for first timing approval (not approved).; PFA 1604-01-15111. Preservation print #2. Track starts in NFPF leader; optical track negative to be replaced by Chace Audio.; PFA 1604-01-15103. Preservation print #5. CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected 2012/05/22: newish; some stationary support scratches base side; timing approved; PFA 1604-01-15102. Preservation print #4.; PFA 1604-01-15101. Preservation print #3.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE