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Moment (1972)
Directed by Bill Brand
Documentary · 23m
In a 2.5 minute sequence, a simple series of ordinary gas station events is seen intermittently through the opening display. This sequence is then divided and rearranged 7 times in reverse order. Each time the divisions are greater in number (smaller in size) until finally the film appears to move smoothly backwards, divided by a single frame. The inspiration for the film as well as the title is derived from information theory where a 'moment' is defined as the shortest duration at which no distinction can be made between units of information. This work is a demonstration and exploration of the line between human information and machine information. It dynamically reveals film's basic unit, the frame.
Crew
- Director
- Bill Brand
- Editor
- Bill Brand
Details
- Release date
- 1972-11-09
- Runtime
- 23m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- No Language
- Countries
- United States of America