Cassis
Brief Synopsis
This short film compresses one day at the port of Cassis, France into one shot.
Film Details
Genre
Short
Documentary
Experimental
Release Date
1966
Technical Specs
Duration
5m
Synopsis
This short film compresses one day at the port of Cassis, France into one shot.
Film Details
Genre
Short
Documentary
Experimental
Release Date
1966
Technical Specs
Duration
5m
Articles
Cassis (1966) -
Cassis (1966): Another of the era's major names, Jonas Mekas is represented here with this time-lapse portrait of the titular French harbor, a precursor of sorts to the similar techniques seen in such films as Koyaanisqatsi (1984). It also shows the approach of Orchard Street already being pushed in more extreme and abstract directions. A former Village Voice critic and founder of New York's Anthology Film Archives, Mekas is a pivotal figure in the history of American avant-garde cinema, even facing multiple arrests on obscenity charges for some of them like Jean Genet's Un chant d'amour (1950).
Cassis (1966) -
Cassis (1966): Another of the era's major names, Jonas Mekas is represented here with this time-lapse portrait of the titular French harbor, a precursor of sorts to the similar techniques seen in such films as Koyaanisqatsi (1984). It also shows the approach of Orchard Street already being pushed in more extreme and abstract directions. A former Village Voice critic and founder of New York's Anthology Film Archives, Mekas is a pivotal figure in the history of American avant-garde cinema, even facing multiple arrests on obscenity charges for some of them like Jean Genet's Un chant d'amour (1950).
