THE ECLIPSE
UNSEEN CINEMA
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20m
Arguably the most celebrated "found footage" film in existence, Joseph Cornell found a second-hand 16mm print of the early-1930s Pre-Code adventure epic EAST OF BORNEO and re-edited the footage to showcase the splendor of its star, Rose Hobart. Slowed to 18fps and commingled with documentary material of an eclipse, projected through a deep-blue glass with the accompaniment of a rumba, repeated. Within these modest alterations, brilliance emerges.
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