Le chant du styrene /
The Song of Styrene is the perfect example of how to turn a commissioned industrial film into a lyrical, satirical film masterpiece. When the young Alain Resnais was asked by the Péchiney plastics giant to make a short documentary on polystyrene, "that noble, entirely man-made matter," Res...
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| Format: | Electronic Video |
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| Language: | French English |
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[Paris, France] :
Films de la Pléiade,
[1957]
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | The Song of Styrene is the perfect example of how to turn a commissioned industrial film into a lyrical, satirical film masterpiece. When the young Alain Resnais was asked by the Péchiney plastics giant to make a short documentary on polystyrene, "that noble, entirely man-made matter," Resnais sensed a rapport between Alexandrine verse and CinemaScope. With text by Raymond Queneau and music by Pierre Barbaud, The Song of Styrene is a beautiful, surrealist film. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 streaming video file (14 min.) : digital, sound, color |
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