The Same Old Story: 3 Act Play With Epilogue
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An ultrashort comedy in three parts, with title cards and credits. It appears to be an amateur or student film.
Credits
Joe De Sario (filmmaker); James Giovannetti Jr. (filmmaker)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: James Giovannetti Collection
Notes: In Act I, a young man comes out of the woods. He is only wearing a primitive cloth covering. He is hit by a stick and throws it into a pond in disgust, but then discovers that he has gotten lucky: he has stabbed and caught a fish. In Act II the young man tries to stab a fish in the pond again, but is frustrated to find that he can't reproduce his success. In Act III, the young man sees a bolt of lightning in the sky. A fish appears on the ground in front of him, which he cooks. In the "Epilogue," the film switches to color footage of the a young man in modern clothing, standing in front of an electrical facility holding a garden hoe. He waits for something to happen, checking his watch. The end credits display an August 1970 Chicago Tribune front page collaged to display the title of the film and the names of the filmmakers. A few chunks of a stick of wood are on top of the newspaper.
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: 42 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/47142
Notes: In Act I, a young man comes out of the woods. He is only wearing a primitive cloth covering. He is hit by a stick and throws it into a pond in disgust, but then discovers that he has gotten lucky: he has stabbed and caught a fish. In Act II the young man tries to stab a fish in the pond again, but is frustrated to find that he can't reproduce his success. In Act III, the young man sees a bolt of lightning in the sky. A fish appears on the ground in front of him, which he cooks. In the "Epilogue," the film switches to color footage of the a young man in modern clothing, standing in front of an electrical facility holding a garden hoe. He waits for something to happen, checking his watch. The end credits display an August 1970 Chicago Tribune front page collaged to display the title of the film and the names of the filmmakers. A few chunks of a stick of wood are on top of the newspaper.
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: 42 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/47142
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:26