Film Record: An Anaesthetic Fantasy

Image from An Anaesthetic Fantasy. Movie Makers, Dec. 1940, 576.

Date produced: 1940

Filmmaker(s):

Ernest H. Kremer

Languages:

English

Length:

275 ft

Format:

8mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Sound:

With music on disc.

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1940 - Honorable Mention General Class

Description:

"When Ernest Kremer wanted to make a film which would include his family and, at the same time, be entertaining to outsiders, he devised An Anaesthetic Fantasy, an ingenious tale of the nightmare of a dental patient under laughing gas. The patient imagines that he returns home, and there things begin to happen that confound him and the audience, too. Clever trick work, dissolves and stop motion are used to create this section of the film. Mr. Kremer has proved that the 8mm. worker need not bow to his 16mm. brothers when it comes to producing cine illusions. The film was presented with a delightfully appropriate selection of musical records played on a dual turntable outfit." Movie Makers, Dec. 1940, 601-602.

Resources:

With slightly different spelling, the film is also referenced as An Anesthetic Fantasy.

Subjects:

• Ethnology
•      Manners and Customs
•           Family life
• Medicine
•      Dentistry

Genre:

• Fantasy

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Screenings:

• Screened at Metropolitan Motion Picture Club's second fall meeting held at Hotel Pennsylvania. Movie Makers, Dec. 1945, 489. : New York City, NY
• Screened at Metropolitan Motion Picture Club's post-holiday 8mm program. Movie Makers, March. 1951, 97. : New York City, NY.
• Screened at Queens Cine Club. Movie Makers, Nov. 1940, 550. : New York City, NY.

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