Panorama Ephemera is a 2004
collage film
Collage film is a style of film created by juxtaposing Found footage (appropriation), found footage from disparate sources (archival footage, excerpts from other films, newsreels, home movies, etc.). The term has also been applied to the physical ...
by film archivist
Rick Prelinger
Rick Prelinger is an American archivist, writer, and filmmaker. He is also professor emeritus at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Prelinger is best known as the founder of the Prelinger Archives, a collection of 60,000 advertising, edu ...
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Summary
A meditative chronicle featuring 64 self-contained sequences from a wide variety of
ephemeral films touring conflicted North American landscapes while focusing on familiar and mythical imagery from America's past (1626–1978).
Films that Work - Google Books (pg.51)
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List of notable films featured
*''Last Clear Chance
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'' (1959)[Panorama Ephermera (2004) - Rick Prelinger on YouTube](_blank)
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*'' Master Hands'' (1936)
See also
* List of films in the public domain
*Americana (culture)
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*Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is an American 501(c)(3) organization, non-profit organization founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle that runs a digital library website, archive.org. It provides free access to collections of digitized media including web ...
*''Mystery Science Theater 3000
''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' (abbreviated as ''MST3K'') is an American science fiction comedy television series created by Joel Hodgson. The show premiered on WUCW, KTMA-TV (now WUCW) in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on November 24, 1988. It then ...
'' - featured some of the films shown on ''Panorama Ephemera''
** RiffTrax - featured some of the films shown on ''Panorama Ephemera''
References
External links
Entire movie on Prelinger's official Vimeo channel''Panorama Ephemera'' at IMDbEntire film also available on Prelinger's official YouTube channel
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American collage films
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2000s avant-garde and experimental films
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