A visit to Indiana

Duration: 12

Year Published: 1970

Creator: a film by Ted Davis and Curt McDowell.

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

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 1604-01-15112. Restricted: Do not use. MOS.; PFA 1604-01-15104. Restricted: For research use.; PFA 1604-01-15105. Restricted: PFA exhibition backup.; PFA 1604-01-15106. 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 1604-01-15112. Colorlab.; PFA 1604-01-15104. Colorlab.; PFA 1604-01-15105. Colorlab.; PFA 1604-01-15106. Colorlab.; 8 mm. version.; PFA 1604-01-15112. Preservation print #1 (standard 8mm orig. blow-up--silent). COPY-SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION: 1 reel of 1 (12 min) : silent, b&w and col. ; 16 mm. polyester print.; PFA 1604-01-15104. Preservation print #2 (standard 8 mm. orig. blow-up) CONDITION NOTE: [n.d.] Photographic gouges outboard track area every 5-6 frames, generated from optical track negative; causes cyclical, slightly arrhythmic, clicking, noticeable during silence at head and tail; color timing seems to be good.; PFA 1604-01-15105. preservation print #3 (standard 8 mm. orig. blow-up) Kodak 3383 stock.; PFA 1604-01-15106. preservation print #4 (standard 8 mm. orig. blow-up release print) Kodak 3383 stock. CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected 2012/05/22: 2012/05/22: newish; some stationary support scratches base side; timing approved

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE