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A Man Whose Life Was Full of Woe Has Been Surprised by Joy

Item number (ISN):

426980

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1997

Item number (ISN):

426980

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

BRUCE, R. and ELDER, Kathryn

Accession:

2010-0095

Media:

Film

Original title:

A Man Whose Life Was Full of Woe Has Been Surprised by Joy

Part:

4 of 4

Production date:

1997

Production company:

R. Bruce Elder (director)

Production credit:

director/producer, R. Bruce Elder

Country of production:

cn

Description:

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In A Man Whose Life Was Full of Woe, Elder draws upon the visionary imagination of William Blake to depict a world that has "grown out of touch with the body, and the joy at reconciling with our natural being." It is, fittingly, one of his most handmade, personally interior films. Created with a rear-screen optical printer and mattes cut out of construction paper, A Man Whose Life Was Full of Woe has a rough, ecstatic collage quality. While making the film Elder states, "There arose within me a new sense, a delight still physical (since understanding had no role in it). But all animation ceased, not in torpor, but in bliss." Buoyed by the completion of The Book of All the Dead, and filled with the pleasure of beginning something anew, yet still emotionally fatigued, the film is located at artistic and spiritual crossroads. Looking forward to new digital imaging processes and a deeper inward focus, A Man Whose Life Was Full of Woe also reflects on what has been left behind and what has been irreconcilably lost. <100mn>

Language:

Non-verbal

Notes:

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1. Third in the "The Book of Praise" (cycle of films).~2. Movie description by Brett Kashmere, from an article that was originally published in Take One Magazine 45 (March-June 2004): 36-39.

Technique:

EXPERIMENTAL

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

524683

Format:

FILM

Location number:

4892AV
4893AV
4894AV
4895AV

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

524684

Format:

FILM

Location number:

4896AV
4897AV
4898AV
4899AV

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

821927

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

426980-001
426980-002
426980-003
426980-004

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

95:49

Made from:

4892AV
4893AV
4894AV
4895AV

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

821928

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

426980-001.WAV
426980-002.WAV
426980-003.WAV
426980-004.WAV

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

BWF

Duration:

95:49

Made from:

4892AV
4893AV
4894AV
4895AV

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

821931

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

426980.MOV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

95:49

Made from:

4892AV
4893AV
4894AV
4895AV

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

821932

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

426980.MP4

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

95:49

Made from:

4892AV
4893AV
4894AV
4895AV

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

Open for consultation.

Donor restrictions:

Reproduction and use in any form requires the written permission of the copyright holder, R. Bruce Elder.

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: R. Bruce Elder, 1997.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions

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