Utilising an imaginative rather than a realistic approach, the director Frank Stauffacher, one of the leading experimental film makers in the United States, seeks to capture the atmosphere of Sausalito, a small village on the shore of San Francisco Bay. The film is divided into two sections; Landscape and Song and uses slow motion, split screen, and superimposition techniques. It consists of fragments of visual and auditory experience such as the lapping of water on the shore, the creaking redwood of old houses.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
009441
Language
English
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Cities and towns
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Cities and towns - United States
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Seaside communities
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Nature (Aesthetics)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Nature (Aesthetics)
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)