Five Film Exercises: Film 1 (1943)
Overview
Begins with a three beat announcement drawn out in time which thereafter serves as a figure to divide the four sections. Each return of this figure is more condensed, and finally used in reverse to conclude the film. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.
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Directed By
John Whitney Sr.
James Whitney
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