''Lyrical Nitrate'' ( nl, Lyrisch Nitraat) is a 1991
collage film
Collage film is a style of film created by juxtaposing found footage from disparate sources. The term has also been applied to the physical collaging of materials onto film stock.
Surrealist roots
The surrealist movement played a critical role i ...
by
Peter Delpeut.
Summary
The film consists of clips from various silent films printed on decaying
nitrate film stock, including shorts, documentaries, and travelogues.
There is no formal narrative. Delpeut followed the film with 1993's ''
The Forbidden Quest'', which also uses
found footage; the two were released together on video and DVD.
Production
The films were drawn from the Desmets Collection of the
Nederlands Filmmuseum
Eye Filmmuseum is a film archive, museum, and cinema in Amsterdam that preserves and presents both Dutch and foreign films screened in the Netherlands.
Location and history
Eye Filmmuseum is located in the Overhoeks neighborhood of Amsterdam in t ...
, where Delpeut worked as deputy director for a decade.
Jean Desmet (1875–1956) was an early Dutch film distributor. After Desmet's death a cache of film prints was discovered in the attic of a theater he owned in Amsterdam, and subsequently added to the museum's collection.
See also
*''
Decasia
''Decasia'' is a 2002 American collage film by Bill Morrison, featuring an original score by Michael Gordon. In 2013, ''Decasia'' was included in the annual selection of 25 motion pictures for preservation in the United States National Film Regi ...
'', a similar non-narrative, found-footage film.
*''
The Forbidden Quest'', Delpeut's unofficial sequel to ''Lyrical Nitrate''.
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Lost film
A lost film is a feature
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Notes
External links
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1991 films
Dutch avant-garde and experimental films
Collage film
1990s avant-garde and experimental films