Film Record: What Is It?

Frame enlargement from What Is It? in Home Movies, Oct. 1947, 636.

Date produced: 1947

Filmmaker(s):

Robert Davis

Country of Production:

United States

Languages:

English

Length:

100 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

Chicago Film Archives list of titled amateur films

Description:

"An experimental exercise with extension tubes, picturing textures in extreme closeup. Such materials as salt, bread, leaves, nylon hose, coffee grounds, book edges, etc., are shown highly magnified, then later identified in medium closeup shots. Idea is similar to quiz feature appearing currently in the Ford Times magazine." Home Movies, Sept. 1947, 586.

Resources:

Davis discusses the film in the article "Screen Quiz: a Novelty Film Idea That Is Taking the Cine World by Storm" (Home Movies, Oct. 1947, 636, 665).

The film is given a three-star review in "Recent Reviews" (Home Movies, Sept. 1947, 586).

This film is a part of the Robert and Theresa Davis Collection held by Chicago Film Archives.

Genre:

• Experimental

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

Robert and Theresa Davis Collection, Chicago Film Archives

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