The bed

Duration: 19

Year Published: 1968

Creator: by James Broughton ; photography, William Deslodge.

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Credits: Broughton, James, 1913-1999.; Deslodge, William.; Jepson, Warner.

Description: Music track only; no dialogue.; Running time: 18:56.; Copyright date on film: 1968.; PFA 1608-01-15353. Restricted: PFA exhibition backup.; PFA 1608-01-15766. Restricted: For PFA exhibition only.; PFA 1608-01-14231. Restricted: For PFA exhibition only.; PFA 1608-01-14230. Restricted: For research use.; PFA 1608-01-14229. Restricted: Print quality not approved.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.; Music, Warner Jepson.; "A delightful film romp on The bed," San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr 1968, Pacific Film Archive People file: James Broughton no. 2; Sitney, P. Adams. Visionary film. New York: Oxford University Press, 1979, p. 86-87, 89-90, 433-434; The cycles of life are symbolically enacted on and around an enchanted bed in a field. On the bed, people sleep, eat, make love, read, knit, and die in a variety of gender, species, and age combinations.; PFA 1608-01-15766. D0193; PFA 1608-01-15353. D0193; PFA 1608-01-14231. COPY-SPECIFC DESCRIPTION: 1 reel of 1 (19 min.) : opt sd., col. ; 16 mm. polyester print. Excellent condition; timing changes were requested in the opening sequence in producing this print CONDITION NOTE: Last viewed (PFA Theater): 2011/09/19; This print flows slightly better than 1608-01-14230--virtually the same but this print is more even CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 2012/02/21; Newish condition; light linear, wandering scratches in stationary support area, probably just visible occasionally, left frame; PFA 1608-01-14230. COPY-SPECIFC DESCRIPTION: 1 reel of 1 (19 min.) : opt sd., col. ; 16 mm. polyester print. Minor timing changes requested in opening sequence but this print is still good CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 2011/10/20; Excellent condition; PFA 1608-01-14229. COPY-SPECIFC DESCRIPTION: 1 reel of 1 (19 min.) : opt sd., col. ; 16 mm. polyester print. Print is too dense; color timing is slightly off in places; PFA 1608-01-766. CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 05 Sept 1992; pink; faded; scratches; Good condition: color is pink and faded; light scratches at beginning of print; no splices.; PFA 1608-01-15353. Made from PFA preservation negatives. CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected 2013/09/24 gc; newish (more buffing marks and process residue than one would want to see in a new print); logo spliced in; motorboating evident during overmodulated sequences if volume set too high (see projectionist note); image quality of this print is quite good; PFA 1608-01-15766. CONDITION NOTE:[n.d.] Print approved; looks as good or better than any of the previous preservation prints; from preservation neg

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE