Frame from the movie.
Date produced: 1979
Filmmaker(s):
Ephraim Horowitz
Duration:
00:26:28
Format:
Super8
Colour:
Colour
Sound Notes:
Optical
Sound:
Horowitz's voice-over narration; appropriated commercial music tracks; nat. sounds.
Awards/Recognition:
1979 Ten Best, American International Film and Video Festival (See Alan Kattelle filmography in
Film History 15, no. 2 (2013)
Description:
The filmmaker's wry memoir, using many of his own films shot from 1936 onward and new footage. The title refers to his date of birth, April 21, 1916. Winner of a “Ten-Best Contest” in1979, EPH 4/27/16 is an autobiographical piece that mixes photo-montage with home-movie footage, narrated by Horowitz and rich with his comical musings on life and change, past and present.
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Repository:
The Horowitz Estate
Screenings:
- Orphans at MoMA: The Inner Whirled of Orphan Films; Saturday, November 19, 2016, 4:15 p.m.; The Museum of Modern Art (NY)
: New York, NY
- The Amateur Cinema Project: Works by Ephraim Horowitz & Robbins Barstow; Wednesday, May 4th, 2016, 6:15 PM; Michelson Theater, Department of Cinema Studies: New York, NY
Video Link:
Amateur Cinema