Cue Rolls

Morgan Fisher | USA | 1974 | 6' |

| IFFR 2009

The majority of Fisher’s works are directly concerned with the machinery of cinema. He creates systems and rules that exploit the apparatus, physical material and production methods of the movies. Over the years he has analyzed nearly every aspect of the production and projection process.

Also in this combined programme

Projection Instructions
Signals: Size Matters
Study of the film process, from shooting to screening, with dry humour and precise observations.
Standard Gauge
Signals: Size Matters
A reservoir of forgotten film material forms a metaphorical biography of the film history and a partial autobiography of Fisher himself.
The Wilkinson Household Fire Alarm
Signals: Size Matters
Homage to and wink at Marcel Duchamp that clearly focuses more on conceptualism than on the studio film. What you see is what you hear.
The Director and His Actor Look at Footage Showing Preparations for an Unmade Film (2)
Signals: Size Matters
A film in two parts: the rushes of a film and the men watching them.
Production Stills
Signals: Size Matters
A compact making-of using Polaroids of a film that was never made.