The Maltese Cross Movement
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.
Release date
01/01/1967
Votes
7
Popularity
0.5
Original Soundtrack
Loading soundtrack videos…
The Town
Women in Defense
Fighting the Fire Bomb
Sikkim
Shoppers Market
The Sun's Gonna Shine
America's Hidden Weapon
California's Golden Beginning
On the Pole: Eddie Sachs
Seeing Them Through
The Wormwood Star
The Chair
Migration
Hoop Dreams
The Costume Designer
Harlan County U.S.A.
Marjoe
Burden of Dreams
It's Up To You
Hearts and Minds