The Maltese Cross Movement

The Maltese Cross Movement

Release date : January 1, 1967
Runtime : 7m
Countries of origin : Canada /
Original Language : English /
Production companies : ONF | NFB /
January 1, 1967 7m Canada Documentary English More
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The film reflects Dewdney's conviction that the projector, not the camera, is the filmmaker's true medium. The form and content of the film are shown to derive directly from the mechanical operation of the projector - specifically the maltese cross movement's animation of the disk and the cross illustrates graphically (pun intended) the projector's essential parts and movements. It also alludes to a dialectic of continuous-discontinuous movements that pervades the apparatus, from its central mechanical operation to the spectator's perception of the film's images... (His) soundtrack demonstrates that what we hear is also built out of continuous-discontinuous 'sub-sets.' Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2009.
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  • title:The Maltese Cross Movement
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 1967
  • Runtime:7m
  • Genres: Documentary ·
  • Countries of origin: Canada ·
  • Original Language: English ·
  • Director: Alexander Keewatin Dewdney /
  • Writers: Alexander Keewatin Dewdney ·
  • Production companies: ONF | NFB ·
  • Overview:The film reflects Dewdney's conviction that the projector, not the camera, is the filmmaker's true medium. The form and content of the film are shown to derive directly from the mechanical operation of the projector - specifically the maltese cross movement's animation of the disk and the cross illustrates graphically (pun intended) the projector's essential parts and movements. It also alludes to a dialectic of continuous-discontinuous movements that pervades the apparatus, from its central mechanical operation to the spectator's perception of the film's images... (His) soundtrack demonstrates that what we hear is also built out of continuous-discontinuous 'sub-sets.' Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2009.
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