Landscape
Film Identifier: F.2011-01-0065
Part Of: Subseries I: Films
Run Time
0h 6m 53s
0h 6m 53s
Color
Color
Color
Sound
Silent
Silent
Date Produced
1973
1973
Abstract
This footage by JoAnn Elam from 1973 first shows the roofs of apartment buildings and houses, trees, and tires from what appears to be a moving car driving on the streets of Chicago. As many elements in this collection demonstrate, Elam often used car rides as opportunities to film the city and to experiment with cinematic filming and editing techniques, such as the superimpositions noticeable here. The second part appears to be the original footage of the same houses on Wolfram Street near Logan Square as at the end of Airplane / Wolfram. Without further evidence, Elam’s intentions with this footage remains unclear.
This footage by JoAnn Elam from 1973 first shows the roofs of apartment buildings and houses, trees, and tires from what appears to be a moving car driving on the streets of Chicago. As many elements in this collection demonstrate, Elam often used car rides as opportunities to film the city and to experiment with cinematic filming and editing techniques, such as the superimpositions noticeable here. The second part appears to be the original footage of the same houses on Wolfram Street near Logan Square as at the end of Airplane / Wolfram. Without further evidence, Elam’s intentions with this footage remains unclear.
Main Credits
Elam, JoAnn (is filmmaker)
Genre
Form
Related Place
Chicago (production location of)