Windows
Film Identifier: F.2011-01-0123
Part Of: Subseries I: Films
Run Time
0h 4m 39s
0h 4m 39s
Format
8mm
8mm
Color
Color
Color
Sound
Silent
Silent
Date Produced
circa 1974
circa 1974
Abstract
"Windows" documents the views of and out from windows around JoAnn Elam's Logan Square neighborhood in Chicago. The first section begins at an El train stop, capturing the station itself and the views of people playing tennis as seen from the moving train. A switch approximately halfway through the runtime moves the action to downtown Chicago's Buckingham Fountain and then Logan Square as filmed through Elam's window screen. The shapes of the buildings finally abstract into geometric forms on film.
"Windows" documents the views of and out from windows around JoAnn Elam's Logan Square neighborhood in Chicago. The first section begins at an El train stop, capturing the station itself and the views of people playing tennis as seen from the moving train. A switch approximately halfway through the runtime moves the action to downtown Chicago's Buckingham Fountain and then Logan Square as filmed through Elam's window screen. The shapes of the buildings finally abstract into geometric forms on film.
Main Credits
Elam, JoAnn (is filmmaker)
Genre
Form
Related Place
Chicago (production location of)