A twenty-minute, almost totally silent film (no dialogue or music, save one 'shhh!') in which Buster Keaton attempts to evade observation by an all-seeing eye. But, as the film is based around Bishop Berkeley's principle 'esse est percipi'...
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| Buster Keaton | ... |
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| Nell Harrison | ... |
Old Woman
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| James Karen | ... |
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| Susan Reed | ... |
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| Alan Schneider | ||
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| Samuel Beckett | ... | () |
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| William Smidt | ... | (as Burr Smidt) |
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| Joseph F. Coffey | ... | camera operator |
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- British Film Institute (BFI) (1965) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- BFI Video (2017) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- MK2 Vidéo (2006) (France) (DVD)
- Milestone Film & Video (2011) (World-wide)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (1967) (Finland) (tv)
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A twenty-minute, almost totally silent film (no dialogue or music, save one 'shhh!') in which Buster Keaton attempts to evade observation by an all-seeing eye. But, as the film is based around Bishop Berkeley's principle 'esse est percipi' (to be is to be perceived), Keaton's very existence conspires against his efforts
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The story of making "Film" was the basis of a play "The Stone Face" by Sherry MacDonald. The play was read in Orlando at the 2006 New Playfest, and work shopped at the 2007 New Playfest. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Episode #3.3 (1990). See more » |