Light years

Duration: 28

Year Published: 1987

Creator: a film by Gunvor Nelson.

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Credits: Nelson, Gunvor.; Canyon Cinema.

Description: Copyright notice: Light years c1986.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CUY.; PFA 1608-01-11804. Restricted: Print quality not approved.; PFA 1608-124-11220. Restricted: Archival. Not for research or exhibition.; PFA 1608-01-11213. Restricted: Print quality not approved.; PFA 1608-01-11214. Restricted: Print quality not approved.; PFA 1608-01-11215. Restricted: Print quality not approved.; PFA 1608-01-11216. Restricted: Print quality not approved.; PFA 1608-01-11217. Restricted: For research use.; PFA 1608-01-11219. Restricted: For PFA exhibition only.; PFA 1608-01-11218. Restricted: PFA exhibition backup.; LIGHT YEARS is a collage film and a journey through the Swedish landscape, traversing stellar distances in units of 5878 trillion miles. It is a film acutely in the present reflecting our temporal existence ... continuous and imperfect. LIGHT YEARS continues to develop the concerns and techniques begun in her earlier film FRAME LINE. In LIGHT YEARS Nelson blends collage animation with highly textured live-action material to create a haunting evocation of her displacement from her native Swedish culture. Particularly striking is her use of wet ink on glass to create a constantly shifting image of a path leading to a house. With these passages of the house and moving images of the Swedish landscape as threads, LIGHT YEARS becomes a tapestry of change as experienced through constant motion. It is a personal reflection on the filmmaker's memories of her past"--Canyon Cinema.; PFA 1608-124-11220. D0124; No dialogue.; PFA 1608-01-11805. COPY-SPECIFC DESCRIPTION: 1 reel of 1 (28 min.) (978 ft.) : opt. sd., col. ; 16 mm print.; PFA 1608-01-11804. COPY-SPECIFC DESCRIPTION: 1 reel of 1 (28 min.) (978 ft.) : opt. sd., col. ; 16 mm print.; PFA 1608-01-11803. COPY-SPECIFC DESCRIPTION: 1 reel of 1 (28 min.) (978 ft.) : opt. sd., col. ; 16 mm print.; PFA 1608-124-11220. Excellent condition; PFA 1608-01-11213. Gunvor Nelson previewed this print and requested numerous timing adjustments; print tends to be reddish/purplish; bad green scratch at head for about 1 minute; PFA 1608-01-11214. B&W sections are too green; PFA 1608-01-11215. Colors are way off; b&w sections are too green; PFA 1608-01-11216. B&W sections are too pink but close to acceptable; PFA 1608-01-11217. Print is a little too blue overall; last apple scene should be one stop darker Update: lab reprinted the last apple scene and replaced the previous section that was too light; there is now one ultrasonic splice on this print; PFA 1608-01-11219. excellent condition.; PFA 1608-01-11218. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: February 2, 2006 excellent condition.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE