Precious Images (1986)
- Directed by
- Chuck Workman
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 8 min
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 25 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This short film strings together hundreds of very brief clips from American movies spanning over eighty years. The clips are grouped by genre and paired with fitting music. It offers a rapid-fire tour of film history without any single storyline.
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What happens
Precious Images is a 1986 short film directed by Chuck Workman. It features approximately 470 half-second-long splices of movie moments through the history of American film. Some of the clips are organized by genre and set to appropriate music; musicals, for example, are accompanied by the title song from Singin' in the Rain. Films featured range chronologically from The Great Train Robbery (1903) to Rocky IV (1985), and range in subject from light comedies to dramas and horror films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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