Notfilm
DVD - 2017
Explores the making and meaning of Film, a 1965 short film starring Buster Keaton, that was written by Samuel Beckett, directed by Alan Schneider, and produced by Barney Rosset. Topics covered include the circumstances leading to the film's production, the production process itself, and the film's critical reception. Includes outtakes, never-before-heard audio recordings of production meetings, interviews, and other archival information.
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- Subjects
- Genres
- Documentary films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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[Harrington Park, New Jersey] :
Milestone Film & Video
[2017]
- Language
- English
French
German
Portuguese
Spanish - Other Authors
- Edition
- Deluxe edition
- Item Description
- Originally released as a documentary film in 2015.
Special features: The street scene : a lost scene reconstruction from the Film outtakes (6 min.); "What if E's eyes were closed?" (audio recordings of Beckett, Schneider, and Kaufman) (7 min.); Buster Keaton and Film : James Karen in conversation (42 min.); Memories of Samuel Beckett : an afternoon with James Knowlson (8 min.); Jean Schneider : memories of Alan Schneider (11 min.); Jeannette Seaver : Beckett and "Godot" (4 min.); Photographing Film, photographing Beckett : Steve Schapiro and I.C. Rapoport in conversation (7 min.); photo gallery; The music of Notfilm : MP3 recordings by Mihály Víg. - Physical Description
- 2 videodiscs (approximately 130 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- DVD; widescreen presentation.
- Production Credits
- Photography/editor, Ross Lipman ; music, Mihály Víg.
- ISBN
- 9781933920825
- Disc 1. Notfilm
- Disc 2. [Special features].