Was ist Film – Programm 7

In 1996, Peter Kubelka created the cyclical programme What is Film to mark the centenary of cinema. According to Kubelka, the programme ‘uses examples to define film as an independent art form, as a tool that conveys new ways of thinking. Young filmmakers and all those who seriously engage with the medium of film are thus offered a basic overview in 63 programmes.’

Georges Méliès
Le Magicien 1898, 35mm, 1 min (16 fps)
L'Homme à la tête en caoutchouc 1901, 35mm, 3 min (16 fps)
La Cascade de feu 1904, 35mm, 3 min (16 fps)
Les Bulles de savon animées 1906, 35mm, 4 min (16 fps) [detail]

Émile Cohl
Le Cerceau magique 1908, 35mm, 6 min (16 B/sec)
Drame chez les Fantoches 1908, 35mm, 4 min (16 fps)
L'Avenir dévoilé par les lignes du pied 1914, 35mm, 2 min (16 B/sec)

Viking Eggeling
Diagonal Symphony 1924, 35mm, 8 min (16 f/sec)

Hans Richter
Rhythm 21 1921, 35mm, 4 min (16 f/sec)
Fernand Léger & Dudley Murphy
Ballet mécanique 1924, 35mm, 18 min (18 fps)

Man Ray
Le Retour à la raison 1923, 35mm, 3 min (16 fps)
Emak-Bakia 1927, 35mm, 18 min (18 fps)

Marcel Duchamp
Anémic Cinéma 1926-27, 35mm, 8 min (18 fps). Collaboration: Man Ray and Marc Allégret

Photo: Austrian Film Museum