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Opus : Impressions of British Art and Culture

Item number (ISN):

52207

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1966

Item number (ISN):

52207

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

METROPOLITAN TORONTO LIBRARY BOARD

Accession:

1987-0337

Media:

Film

Original title:

Opus : Impressions of British Art and Culture

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1966

Release date:

1966

Production company:

Central Office of Information

Production credit:

director, Don Levy; producer, James Archibald; photography, David Muir; editing, Hugh Ragget; sound, Kevin Sutton; music, Tristram Cory

Country of production:

uk

Distributor name:

Central Office of Information

Description:

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-verbal

Notes:

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1. Some English is spoken in the actuality soundtrack, but it is edited as a sound effect.

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Vault ISN:

67146

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8711-0049

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Max. shrinkage:

0.6%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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