Ballet on a paraphrenic theme (extract).
- Date:
- 1966/7
- Videos
About this work
Also known as
Drama piece rushes.
Ballet sur un theme paraphrenique (extract).
Description
Surreal, pre-Raphaelite influenced drama piece showing a child dressed as a fairy being given 'medicines' by a young woman shot with a sepia tone. The young woman dancing and peeling 'skin'. Young girl in ornate bed in an ornate room but with prison bars. The girl then lies in a 'coffin', which is carried away by four male dancers in red frock coats and then carried through a garden in a torchlight ceremony. There are shots of the young woman falling in a lily pond at night, as though dead. With a crashing electronic score.
Publication/Creation
1966/7.
Physical description
1 videocassette (07:18 mins.) (DIGIBETA) : sound, colour
1 DVD (07:18 mins.) : sound, colour ; 12cm
1 DVD (07:18 mins.) : sound, colour ; 12cm
Notes
Duped in 1967 from original negative. This is an extract from the 1966 film 'Ballet on a paraphrenic theme'. Formerly titled 'Drama Piece Rushes' prior to its association with the longer film was known.
This film forms part of a group of films donated to the Wellcome Trust in 2006 by The British Medical Association.
Creator/production credits
By Didier-Jacques Duche and Eric Diviviere.
Language note
In English.
Copyright note
Sandoz Products Ltd.
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
Location Access Closed stores7094SNote
Location Status Access Closed stores7094D