Flatland

Duration: 12

Year Published: 19--

Creator: the animation workshop of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University presents ; supervised by Robert Gardner ; animation, Eric Martin.

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Credits: Gardner, Robert.; Abbott, Edwin Abbott, 1838-1926. Flatland.; Martin, Eric.; Borden, David.; Moore, Dudley, 1935-2002.; Maude-Roxby, Roddy.; Berlin, Alexandra.; Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts.; McGraw-Hill Companies.; University of California (System). Extension Media Center.

Description: From the book by Edwin A. Abbott; based on an idea by John Hubley.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CUY.; Music composed by David Borden.; Narrated by Dudley Moore, Roddy Maude-Roxby, Alexandra Berlin.; A mathematical allegory by Edwin A. Abbott about a square who discovers the third dimension, but is jailed by the two-dimensional inhabitants of Flatland, a two-dimensional world, when he preaches multidimensionality.; PFA 1608-01-11939. D0004; PFA 1608-01-11939. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2004/9/ 13 good; scratches CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: May 10, 2006 color turning pink. CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 2011/02/08; Good to fair condition; 3 splices; color has faded to magenta; edge and perf damage/repairs; fair to moderate scratches

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE