Moonplay

Film directed by Marie Menken during the years 1964-66. Sound by Teiji Ito.

Synopsis
'An expansion upon an idea put forward in Marie Menken's film Notebook; single-frame footage of the moon shot on various nights, blinking and darting around within Menken's field of vision. --David Lewis, All Movie Guide

Film notes
'A lunar fantasy in animated stop-motion.

Author: 

Marie Menken

Year: 

1964
Technical data

Original format: 

16mm

Speed: 

24FPS

Aspect ratio: 

1.37:1

Colour: 

B&W

Sound: 

Optical

Length: 

5 minutes

Distribution/sales: 

Copies for rent:
Light Cone

*Arsenal Experimental

Author(s)

  • Marie Menken

    Marie Menkevicius (25 May 1909 in New York City, New York - 29 December 1970) was an American experimental filmmaker and socialite.

    Personal Life The daughter of Catholic-Lithuanian immigrants, she grew up in Brooklyn. In 1931 she met and married Willard Maas, a professor of literature at Wagner College in Staten Island. It was a rocky and unstable marriage.

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