Color And Texture In Aluminum Finishes.

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COLOR AND TEXTURE IN ALUMINUM FINISHES. Aluminum Co. of America. Made by On Film. 18 min., sd., color, 16mm. © Aluminum Co. of America; 12Feb57 in notice: 1956); LP10427.
Film from the leading American producer of aluminum illustrating the versatility of the material in building and design. Color and Texture in Aluminum Finishes was singled out in the trade press for its avant-garde qualities and considered by Howard Thompson as “proba- bly the most strikingly imaginative industrial short subject ever filmed in the United States.” note: Although originally targeted at design professionals, the short was also successfully shown to general audiences. On Film Inc. continued making critically acclaimed and unusual films, including In the Suburbs (entry 198) and Pittsburgh (entry 318). Richard Bagley went on to shoot Lionel Rogosin’s On the Bowery.

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