21-87 (D)

Canada, 1963

Film
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A wry comment on the machine-dominated man, the man to whom nothing matters, who waits on chance for his number to come up. An experimental film presenting a succession of many unrelated views of passing crowds - church, in the street, in the circus. The effect is chaotic, but true to life. (Awards: Chicago, Ann Arbor, Palo Alta.)

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Credits

director

Arthur Lipsett

co-producer

Colin Low

Tom Daly

production company

National Film Board of Canada

Duration

00:09:33:00

Production places
Canada
Production dates
1963

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

000008

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Film festivals - United States - Chicago - Awards

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Mass media - Social aspects

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Information society

Crafts & Visual Arts → Composition (Photography)

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Canada - Social conditions

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Information society

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Mass media - Social aspects

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social isolation

Experimental

Experimental → Experimental films - Canada

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Alienation (Social psychology)

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Social isolation

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Alienation (Social psychology)

History → Technology and civilization

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Information society

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Technology and civilization

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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