Founder of one of the most respected motion picture archives in the world, over the last decade Rick Prelinger has concentrated on home movies. From this historical collection of more than 9,000, he has compiled a road trip from New York to California.
This is also an opportunity for time-travel, with history embedded in the roadside views; traces of the Great Depression, World War II and Vietnam, the transition from two-lane roads to freeways, etc.
A contemporary audience may automatically wonder about oil prices, freedom of movement and the fading romanticism of conquering virgin territory.
Most home movies were silent but never quiet, filled with all the noise of family members. And they offered storytelling without stories. For Prelinger, viewing films should be like watching sport together: the live response of the audience is essential to make the film performance complete.
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2013
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2014
- Length
- 80"
- Medium/Format
- HDcam
You may also like this
-
Sense of Architecture
A passage through modern civilised life by way of 42 architectural projects in Austria and elsewhere. From a church belfry to a kindergarten, pharm
-
De Nacht van de Wansmaak Has Risen from the Grave!
Terrible entertainment, dredged from the foul gutters of the cinematic underworld. Enthusiastically incompetent Z-level filmmakers bring you lustfu
-
Parabeton – Pier Luigi Nervi und Römische Beton
Parabeton – Pier Luigi Nervi and Roman Concrete explores fifteen buildings created from plans by Nervi (occasionally with a fellow architect)