"documentario a fantasia"/avant-garde documentary
"Carbone, realizzato da Galeazzo Biadene con la collaborazione tecnica di Dino Jarach. E' un documentario industriale di una grande fabbrica di « Coke ». In questo film il regista si propone, a prescindere dallo spirito del contenuto necessariamente documentario, di mettere in atto problemi formali di stilistica cinematografica, frutto di esperienze teoriche, secondo i valori del cinema ortodosso. II film rivela tuttavia in qualche punto degli errori di ritmo, convulso e poco persuasivo. Il montaggio ha, nella colata del carbone, la parte più conveniente. Ottima la scelta del materiale plastico e il taglio delle inquadrature a cui si aggiunge una fotografia altrettanto felice. Il film è tutto a inquadrature fisse."
—Il ventuno 29 (Review of the G.U.F. of Venice), June 1935, p. 16
"Carbon (Carbone), made by Galeazzo Biadene with the technical collaboration of Dino Jarach. This is an industrial documentary about a large Coke factory. In this film, the director proposes, regardless of the spirit of the necessarily documentary content, to implement formal problems of film stylistics, the result of theoretical experience, according to the values of orthodox cinema. The film reveals, however, in some points some errors of rhythm, convulsive and not very persuasive. The editing plays its most suitable part in the sequence of the casting of the coal. The choice of plastic material is excellent, as is the size of the shots, to which is added an equally successful photography. The film is made up entirely of fixed shots."
—Il ventuno 29 (Review of the G.U.F. of Venice), June 1935, p. 16
"doc. didattico"/educational documentary
"a sogg. breve" short fiction "Parabola, e La città sogna, regia di Guido Pallaro. Questi due film di Guido Pallaro hanno sopratutto un pregio: la buona volontà che dimostra l'autore, giovanissimo, di raggiungere qualche risultato adoperando tutti i mezzi possibili; passato questo periodo di esuberanza non esente da ingenuità stilistiche ed anche da arditezze ingiustificate, Pallaro potrà fornire opere di maggior impegno e più solida struttura. Nella Citta sogna che comprende i sogni di diversi individui il sogno del bambino ha qualche passaggio notevole, e in Parabola si avverte la ricerca di raggiungere nuovi motivi anche se i risultati non appaiono sempre realizzati con equilibrio." "Parabola, and The City Dreams (La città sogna), directed by Guido Pallaro. These two films of Guido Pallaro have above all one merit: the good will that demonstrates their author, who is very young, to reach here some results using all possible means; having passed this period of exuberance not exempt from stylistic ingenuousness and also from unjustified daring, Pallaro has the capacity to provide works of greater commitment and more solid structure. In The City Dreams, which includes the dreams of various individuals, the dream of the child has some notable passages, and in Parabola one senses the search for new motifs even if the results do not always appear to be realized with balance." — Il Ventuno 26 (Review of the G.U.F. of Venice) March 1935
Paradoy of the avantgarde film culture of the era, including references to Salvador Dalí, Luis Buñuel, Joan Miró and dancer Àurea de Sarrà. It is interesting because it shows the crossed dialogue between these different film cultures that functioned beyond the realm of commercial cinema.
Fiction film that can be inscribed in the tradition of the “mountain films” that were relatively popular at the time in Europe. It is one of the best filmed fiction films of the amateur movement, with interesting camera movements.
Documental sobre el Club Femení i d'Esports de Barcelona que recull les úniques imatges en moviment d'aquesta institució pionera. Documentary about the Women's and Sports Club of Barcelona that collects the only moving images of this pioneering institution.
"Film record of a journey from the Cotswolds in central England to South West Wales and northwards through Wales, comprising shots of local beauty spots, visitor attractions and the activities of locals." (EAFA Database)
"The film concentrates on the birds, particularly the common tern, the little tern and the oyster catcher" (EAFA Database).
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Amateur Cinema