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8 x 8 (8 mal 8)
- Title
- 8 x 8 (8 mal 8) [motion picture] / produced by Hans Richter.
- Publication
- New York : Museum of Modern Art, 1957.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | C.1 REEL 3 OF 3 | Moving image | By appointment only | M16 4183 E C.1 REEL 3 OF 3 C.1 REEL 3 OF 3 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | C.1 REEL 2 OF 3 | Moving image | By appointment only | M16 4183 E C.1 REEL 2 OF 3 C.1 REEL 2 OF 3 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | C.1 REEL 1 OF 3 | Moving image | By appointment only | M16 4183 E C.1 REEL 1 OF 3 C.1 REEL 1 OF 3 | Offsite |
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- Description
- 3 film reels (70 min.) : sd., col.; 16 mm.
- Summary
- This experimental film, subtitled "A Chess sonata in eight movements," is the second of Richter's elaborate collaborations with artists, following Dreams that money can buy (1947) and Dadascope (1961). Taking its title from the dimensions of a chess board, the film pays homage to Lewis Carroll's use of chess in Through the looking-glass and begins with a statement by Richter: "We use chess, as did Carroll, as the plane, the board on which all things which happen in life are also happening ... transformed, symbolic but no less real." Richter creates a symbolic, surreal world where kings, queens and other players on the chess board enact life's episodes. Alexander Calder constructs mobiles and sets them in motion. Max Ernst pursues his wife Dorothea through the canyons of lower Manhattan and a western landscape. Jean Cocteau plays a pawn who becomes a queen.
- Subject
- Credits (note)
- Producer, director, Hans Richter in collaboration with Jean Cocteau; photography, Arnold Eagle; sound direction by Hans Richter in collaboration with Robert Abramson, Bebe and Louis Barron, John Gruen, Douglas Townsend; lyrics by John Latouche, sung by Oscar Brand.
- Performer (note)
- Jean Arp, Jacqueline Matisse, Yves Tanguey, Julien Levy, Richard Huelsenbeck, Alexander Calder, Ceal Bryson, Willem de Vogel, W. Sandberg, Dorothea and Max Ernst, Jean Cocteau, Eugene Pellegrini, Paul Bowles, Achmed el Yacoubi, Jose L. Sert, Frederick Kiesler, Paul Weiner.
- Title
- 8 x 8 (8 mal 8) [motion picture] / produced by Hans Richter.
- Imprint
- New York : Museum of Modern Art, 1957.
- Credits
- Producer, director, Hans Richter in collaboration with Jean Cocteau; photography, Arnold Eagle; sound direction by Hans Richter in collaboration with Robert Abramson, Bebe and Louis Barron, John Gruen, Douglas Townsend; lyrics by John Latouche, sung by Oscar Brand.
- Cast
- Jean Arp, Jacqueline Matisse, Yves Tanguey, Julien Levy, Richard Huelsenbeck, Alexander Calder, Ceal Bryson, Willem de Vogel, W. Sandberg, Dorothea and Max Ernst, Jean Cocteau, Eugene Pellegrini, Paul Bowles, Achmed el Yacoubi, Jose L. Sert, Frederick Kiesler, Paul Weiner.
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- Added Author
- Richter, Hans, 1888-1976.Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963.
- Branch Call Number
- M16 4183 E