Adynata

Duration: 29

Year Published: 1983

Creator: Leslie Thornton.

Format: 16mm

Color: Color & B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Thornton, Leslie.; Women Make Movies (Firm)

Description: Subtitle on container: Murder is not a story.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only. CBPF.; PFA 1612-01-15438. Print quality not approved.; PFA 1612-01-15439. Print quality not approved.; PFA 1612-01-15440. Print quality not approved.; "A formal 1861 portrait of a Chinese Mandarin and his wife is the starting point for this allegorical investigation of the fantasies spawned in the West about the East, particularly that which associates femininity with the mysterious Orient. Adynata presents a series of oppositions--male and female images, past and present sounds--which in and of themselves construct a minimal and fragmentary narrative, an open text of our imaginations, fears, and fantasies."--Women Make Movies catalog, 1998.; PFA 1612-01-15442. D0193; PFA 1612-01-15444. D0193; PFA 1612-01-15443. D0193; PFA 1612-01-15440. D0193; PFA 1612-01-15441. D0193; PFA 1612-01-15438. D0193; PFA 1612-01-15438. Preservation print #1, created 4/05/ 2008. CONDITION NOTE: [n.d.] Reject print.; PFA 1612-01-15439. Preservation print #2. CONDITION NOTE: [n.d.] Timing not approved; PFA 1612-01-15440. Preservation print #3. CONDITION NOTE: [n.d.] Timing not approved; PFA 1612-01-15441. Preservation print #4. CONDITION NOTE: 2010/01/22: Light base scratch about 1/3 from soundtrack edge; PFA 1612-01-15442. Preservation print #5. CONDITION NOTE: [n.d.] Audio motorboating throughout as a result of ghost perfs in track; PFA 1612-01-15443. Preservation print #6. CONDITION NOTE: [n.d.] Timing approved; softly audible motorboating during hands/knitting sequence (~4:43-4:55) but much better than print #5; slight pink bias in processing in comparison with print #7; PFA 1612-01-15444. Preservation print #7. CONDITION NOTE: 2013/07/10; pristine; clicking during NFPF logo followed by loud thump at splice (needs improved bloop?); low crackle throughout (determined to be symptomatic of previous prints--by design or nature of production); pix timing looks good (a little on the green/yellow side compared with #6 but probably better overall)

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE