21-87
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This short film from Arthur Lipsett is an abstract succession of unrelated views of the passing crowd. A commentary on a machine-dominated society, it is often cited as an influence on George Lucas's Star Wars and his conceptualization of "The Force."
Directed by Arthur Lipsett - 1964 | 9 min
Directed by Arthur Lipsett - 1964 | 9 min
Credits
- Directed by
- Arthur Lipsett
- Produced by
- Colin Low, Tom Daly
Complete catalog record
21-87 is a 1963 Canadian abstract film created by Arthur Lipsett that lasts 9 minutes and 33 seconds.The short film, produced by the National Film Board of Canada, is a collage of snippets from discarded footage found by Lipsett in the editing room of the National Film Board (where he was employed as an animator), combined with his own black and white 16mm footage which he shot on the streets of Montreal and New York City, among other locations., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.
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Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, length, format, sound, genre, catalog record
- Wikidata · Q4630844 ↗ — color, country, credits
- 16mm Filmography editors — year, creator, description, video
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