Liberty crown

Duration: 3

Year Published: 1967

Creator: produced by KQED-TV, San Francisco ; a video film directed by Bruce Conner.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Conner, Bruce, 1933-2008.; McClure, Michael.; KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)

Description: Both Scott MacDonald's and Anthony Reveaux's Bruce Conner filmographies state that this film was destroyed. Reveaux describes the work as "from KQED kinescope with Michael McClure (no longer extant)." Bruce Conner's own filmography describes the film as "An excerpt from a video -taped performance of the poem by Michael McClure."; Running time: 03:01.; No date on film; date supplied from: Bruce Conner filmography, "Bruce Conner: ten of his films," in Pacific Film Archive People file: Bruce Conner.; PFA 1604-01-4424. Restricted: see reference librarian for more information.; PFA 1604-01-2375. Restricted: Archival. Not for research or exhibition.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.; MacDonald, Scott. A critical cinema: interviews with independent filmmakers. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988, p. 379; Reveaux, Anthony. Bruce Conner (St. Paul, MN.: Film in the Cities, 1981, p. 15; [With:] Michael McClure.; Poet Michael McClure reads a poem, standing between the film camera and a video monitor. As he recites, his image on the monitor multiplies in negative. McClure is then shown on the film in negative, with oscillator sound waves of his voice superimposed over his face. The poem is self- reflective, with McClure describing the changing image of himself and his senses while the viewer observes those changes.; PFA 1604-01-4424. CONDITION NOTE: Inspected: 16 Dec 1992; scratches; Very good condition: heavy continuous scratch at right of frame; print 1604-01-2375 is superior CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 2007/11/28; Very good condition; continuous fair vertical emulsion scratch close to track; PFA 1604-01-2375. COPY-SPECIFC DESCRIPTION: 1 reel of 1 (109 ft.) (3 min.) : opt sd., b&w. ; 16 mm. triacetate print. CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 16 Dec 1992; Excellent condition: superior print to print 1604-01-4424

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE