Film Record: Picnic

Still image from Picnic in Movie Makers, Dec. 1947, 514.

Date produced: 1947

Filmmaker(s):

Cye Landy

Irwin Sharpe

Languages:

English

Length:

100 ft

Format:

8mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Sound:

With music on disc.

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1947 - Honorable Mention General Class

Description:

"Irwin Sharpe and Cye Landy have gone back to film beginnings in composing their engaging little etude, Picnic. The fundamental of their selection is the old reliable device of the chase sequence. Beginning quietly with a simple family picnic, the producers soon overlay on this bucolic subject a mysterious kidnapping and its resultant chase. The cutting, camera positions and tempo of this climactic sequence show a true understanding of cinematic expression." Movie Makers, Dec. 1947, 538-539.

Subjects:

• Ethnology
•      Manners and Customs
• Recreation
•      Picnics

Genre:

• Chase

Form:

• Short

Screenings:

• Screened by the Metropolitan Motion Picture Club in 1948: New York City, N.Y.

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