Variations

Duration: 24

Year Published: 1992

Creator: [by Nathaniel Dorsky].

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: silent

Credits: Dorsky, Nathaniel.

Description: Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CUY.; PFA 1608-01-11191. Restricted: For PFA exhibition only.; "A montage of meticulously composed and edited images ranging from abstract to specific, from bustling city life to sublime nature, Nathaniel Dorsky's Variations enters the realm of pure vision. Dorsky's aim is to bring cinema back to 'a direct connection with the visual world--the simplicity of seeing.' Variations's visual impact is so striking that we easily forget it is silent. Silence, however, is an integral and vital presence in Dorsky's work. Moreover, Variations is projected at silent speed (18 frames-per-second, as opposed to the standard 24), the better to maintain what Dorsky has called 'the flickering threshold of cinema's illusion.'"--Whitney Biennial 2000 program notes.; PFA 1608-01-11191. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: January 25, 2006 new print. Project at 18 fps.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE