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Dr. Murke's collected silences
- Title
- Dr. Murke's collected silences [motion picture] / Svenska filminstitutet, Sweden.
- Publication
- Rye, NY : Images Motion Pictures, 1971.
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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.2 REEL 1 OF 1 | Moving image | By appointment only | M16 2402 D C.2 REEL 1 OF 1 C.2 REEL 1 OF 1 | 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 1 | Moving image | By appointment only | M16 2402 D C.1 REEL 1 OF 1 C.1 REEL 1 OF 1 | Offsite |
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- Description
- 1 film reel (23 min.) : sd. b&w.; 16 mm.
- Summary
- A short story about the essential emptiness of modern life. A sound editor collects "silences" that he obtains in the course of doing his job, which is to cut out phrases from the soundtracks of various radio programs. What especially infuriates him on the day in which the film takes place is the need to delete the word "God" 26 times from a tape and replace it with an equivalent but pretentious-sounding phrase. As if this were a matter of earth-shaking importance, everyone at the station pursues it with utmost solemnity, even going so far as to try to record the replacement phrase with deep emotion: No trespass into absurdity is forbidden.
- Subjects
- Note
- In Swedish with English subtitles.
- Based on a short story by Heinrich Böll.
- Credits (note)
- Director and script, Per Berglund.
- Title
- Dr. Murke's collected silences [motion picture] / Svenska filminstitutet, Sweden.
- Imprint
- Rye, NY : Images Motion Pictures, 1971.
- Credits
- Director and script, Per Berglund.
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- Added Author
- Berglund, Per.Böll, Heinrich, 1917-1985. Dr. Murke's collected silences.Svenska filminstitutet.
- Branch Call Number
- M16 2402 D