Frank film (TEFC)

Award winning animated autobiography. With two voices reciting autobiographical details over sequences created from images cut from magazines Mouris creates a portrait of his life and the life of America. Collage and the animation of still images are the main visual techniques used in this comment upon materialism. Suitable for upper secondary level.

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Credits

production company

Frank Mouris

Duration

00:09:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1973

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

320656

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Awards

Animation

Animation → Animated films - United States

Biographical

Biographical → Autobiographies

Crafts & Visual Arts → Collage

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Materialism

Experimental

Experimental → Experimental films - United States

Literature → Autobiographies

People → Autobiographies

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1973

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