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Notfilm / a kino-essay by Ross Lipman ; in collaboration with Corpus Fluxus ; produced by Amy Heller and Dennis Doros ; written, narrated, photographed, edited by Ross Lipman.

Deluxe edition.

[Harrington Park, New Jersey] : Milestone Film & Video, [2017]

©2015

2 videodiscs (129 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

video file DVD video

Explores the making and meaning of Film, a 1965 short film starring Buster Keaton, that was written by Samuel Beckett, directed by Alan Schneider, and produced by Barney Rosset. Topics covered include the circumstances leading to the film's production, the production process itself, and the film's critical reception. Includes outtakes, never-before-heard audio recordings of production meetings, interviews, and other archival information.

The Milestone cinematheque

Milestone cinematheque.

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989.

Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966.

Film (Motion picture : 1965)

Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

Feature films.

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Lipman, Ross, film director, screenwriter, narrator, director of photography, editor of moving image work.

Heller, Amy, film producer.

Doros, Dennis, film producer.

Brownlow, Kevin, interviewee (expression)

Douw, Judith, interviewee (expression)

Gontarski, S. E., interviewee (expression)

Karen, James, 1923-2018 interviewee (expression)

Knowlson, James, interviewee (expression)

Maltin, Leonard, interviewee (expression)

Nixon, Mark, interviewee (expression)

Rosset, Barney, interviewee (expression)

Schapiro, Steve, interviewee (expression)

Schneider, Jean (Eugenie), interviewee (expression)

Seaver, Jeannette, interviewee (expression)

Wexler, Haskell, interviewee (expression)

Whitelaw, Billie, 1932-2014, interviewee (expression)

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989, on-screen participant.

Kaufman, Boris, on-screen participant.

Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966, on-screen participant.

Perlman, Milton, on-screen participant.

Schneider, Alan, 1917-1984, on-screen participant.

Víg, Mihály, composer (expression)

Corpus Fluxus (Firm), production company.

Milestone Film & Video, publisher.

Not Film

Originally released as a documentary film in 2015.

Special features: The street scene : a lost scene reconstruction from the Film outtakes (6 min.); "What if E's eyes were closed?" (audio recordings of Beckett, Schneider, and Kaufman) (7 min.); Buster Keaton and Film : James Karen in conversation (42 min.); Memories of Samuel Beckett : an afternoon with James Knowlson (8 min.); Jean Schneider : memories of Alan Schneider (11 min.); Jeannette Seaver : Beckett and "Godot" (4 min.); Photographing Film, photographing Beckett : Steve Schapiro and I.C. Rapoport in conversation (7 min.); photo gallery; The music of Notfilm : MP3 recordings by Mihály Víg.

Music, Mihály Víg.

Featuring, Kevin Brownlow, Judith Douw, S.E. Gontarski, James Karen, Jim Knowlson, Leonard Maltin, Mark Nixon, Barney Rosset, Steve Schapiro, Jean Schneider, Jeannette Seaver, Haskell Wexler, Billie Whitelaw ; voices/archival images, Samuel Beckett, Boris Kaufman, Buster Keaton, Milt Perlman, Alan Schneider.

DVD; widescreen presentation.

In English; with optional French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned (English).

Disc one. Notfilm -- Disc two. [Special features].

9781933920825

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9786316773791 : DVD

631677379X : DVD

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