Allures

Duration: 8

Year Published: 1961

Creator: [filmmaker, Jordan Belson].

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Credits: Belson, Jordan, direction.

Description: Animation.; Print has no end logo, but "End" has been printed on after the last image. Total footage including the "End": 279 ft., 30 frames.; Running time before the "End" credit: 07:36. Running time including the "End" credit: 07:44.; No date on film; date supplied from: Expanded cinema / Gene Youngblood.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only. CBPF.; PFA 1604-01-2668. Restricted: For research use only.; PFA 1604-13-2661. Restricted: For research use only. Not for public exhibition.; PFA 1604-01-11234. Restricted: For PFA exhibition only.; Youngblood, Gene. Expanded cinema, p. 159-162; Curtis, David. Experimental cinema, p. 59; Sitney, P. Adams. Visionary film, p. 263-264; A metaphor of creation. Spirals, circles, and abstract forms move against alternating dark and light backgrounds. An orb changes color, appearing in flash frames. Dots resembling stars or atoms and galaxies with shooting stars are created on the screen. The stars then order themselves into lines. Exploding sunbursts end the film.; PFA 1604-01-11234. D0263; PFA 1604-01-2668. D0005; PFA 1604-13-2661. CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 26 Sept 1992; pink; faded; scratches; warped; dirty; Good condition: color not as good as print 1604-01-2668, some scenes pinkish or fading; dirt specks might be imbedded; a few dark scratches; print slightly wrinkled at the head and tail as it comes off the reel; PFA 1604-01-11234. COPY-SPECIFC DESCRIPTION: 1 reel of 1 (284 ft.) (8 min.) : opt sd., col. ; 16 mm. polyester print. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: August 15, 2005; good condition.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE