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ACTION, ANIMATION, ARCHIVAL ABYSS: VIRGIL WIDRICH'S FAST FILM
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Animation Journal
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January 1, 2006
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- Davies, Jon
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Copyright informationCopyright A J Press 2006. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Fast Film (2003) by Virgil Widrich quite remarkably fuses the forward-driving rush of acentury of industrially produced, live-action narrative genre cinema-especially American western, adventure, suspense, and thriller films-with a distinctly meticulous, slow, artisanal process characteristic of manual animated filmmaking. A found-footage, stop-motion animation that employs both analog and digital techniques, Fast Film employs a painfully arduous, time-consuming mode of production to reflect on the primary temporal condition of what has come to be called action/spectacle cinema: speed. It can be seen as a parody of the relentless march of progress characteristic of the genres it ...
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Film History
Journalism History;
April 1, 2000 ;
Beadle, Mary E;
471 words
..."Film History." Princeton, NJ.: Films for the Humanities...This video presents an overview of film history beginning at the end of the nineteenth...minutes), discusses the beginning of film history. Examples include black and white footage...
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Talks puts focus on area's film history
The Northern Echo;
February 23, 2002 ;
106 words
......MUSEUM on Teesside is preparing to stage a talk on North-East film history. It will be given by Tony Hillman, a Darlington film enthusiast...council, said: "I am sure that anyone with an interest in film history will find this talk interesting." Admission to the talk...
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 "Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)")
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My fast film.(News)
Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);
December 13, 2003 ;
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...MARK White, 35, a personal trainer from central Liverpool. ``The last film I saw was The Matrix 3. I thought it was terrible, it was far too long as well
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Brits dance, plod through film history.(Daily Break)
The Virginian Pilot;
January 16, 2005 ;
600 words
......was about. 'It doesn't matter,' he hissed. Thomson views film history through a series of lenses - such as his own life (he grew...of Film shows the strain of trying to squeeze the whole of film history into a single volume. Where Thomson breezily hits the high...
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+(via+Knight-Ridder%2fTribune+News+Service) "The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)")
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Fans of film history can choose between two books, although one proves to...
The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);
January 12, 2005 ;
667 words
......was about. `It doesn't matter,' he hissed. Thomson views film history through a series of lenses _ such as his own life (he grew...Film'' shows the strain of trying to squeeze the whole of film history into a single volume. Where Thomson breezily hits the high...
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 "Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)")
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Fast film.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);
February 20, 2002 ;
18 words
...MOBILE speed cameras have been deployed throughout South Wales as part of a new speed reduction partnership campaign.
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film history as train wreck.(Poem)
Prairie Schooner;
June 22, 2005 ;
Kercheval, Jesse Lee;
183 words
...film history as train wreck 1. 1895 the Lumiere Brother's moving picture of a train arriving at La Ciotat station-- its engine hurtling toward...
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`SCHREIBER THEORY' ELEVATES THE ROLE OF SCREENWRITERS IN FILM HISTORY
The Boston Globe;
May 10, 2006 ;
Saul Austerlitz, Globe Correspondent;
709 words
......consideration, Kipen does cineastes a major service, recentering the frame on film history in the hopes of giving writers their rightful place. The book's entries...this flawed but fundamentally right- on book with which to realign film history.
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[ Heralded by one of the most ubiqitous mass marketing campaigns in film...
Redlands Daily Facts;
December 6, 2005 ;
VANESSA D. OVERBECK Staff Writer;
406 words
...Heralded by one of the most ubiqitous mass marketing campaigns in film history, the beloved classic "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" by Christian author C.S. Lewis makes its way to the big screen Friday...
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 "AAP General News (Australia)")
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Fed: Website to display Australia's film history
AAP General News (Australia);
July 18, 2007 ;
367 words
...AAP General News (Australia) 07-18-2007 Fed: Website to display Australia's film history SYDNEY, July 18 AAP - Australia's audio-visual heritage has been made accessible as never before with the launch of a new website...
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Vinegar strikes film history.
Australasian Business Intelligence;
January 10, 2003 ;
194 words
......09, 2003 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) Archivists are engaged in a race against time to preserve much of Australia's film history. A survey by the National Archives of Australia has already found 23,000 films to be at risk from the so-called vinegar syndrome...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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Father Bob Probst was a computer pioneer; The University of St. Thomas...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);
November 11, 2007 ;
Cohen, Ben;
433 words
......University of St. Thomas. Probst, a pioneering computer administrator and teacher of philosophy, religion, chemistry and film history, died on Oct. 24 in St. Paul. He was 89. He earned degrees in chemistry, math and education. After completing his studies...
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Reels of film history stranded in a vault
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;
September 5, 2001 ;
MEG JAMES;
483 words
...Reels of film history stranded in a vault Foreclosure action keeps some classics under lock and key By MEG JAMES Los Angeles Times Wednesday, September...
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