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Opus : Impressions of British Art and Culture
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1966Item number (ISN):52207Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:METROPOLITAN TORONTO LIBRARY BOARDAccession:1987-0337Media:FilmOriginal title:Opus : Impressions of British Art and CulturePart:1 of 1Production date:1966Release date:1966Production company:Central Office of InformationProduction credit:director, Don Levy; producer, James Archibald; photography, David Muir; editing, Hugh Ragget; sound, Kevin Sutton; music, Tristram CoryCountry of production:ukDistributor name:Central Office of InformationDescription:An unnarrated, impressionistic documentary account of the work of British artists, architects, composers, designers and sculptors in the mid-1960s. Sequences include a stylized presentation of British automobile design, set to the Beatles' "Baby, You Can Drive My Car"; extracts from the Royal Shakespeare Company's productions of William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and Harold Pinter's "The Homecoming", both directed by Peter Hall; an extract from Peter Brook's film of the Peter Weiss play "The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as performed by the Inmates of the Asylum at Charenton under the direction of the Marquis de Sade"; and an extract from Sir Frederick Ashton's ballet "Monotones", performed by members of the Royal Ballet Company. <29mn>Language:Non-verbalNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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