"doc. didattico"/educational documentary
"doc. didattico"/educational documentary
"doc. didattico"/educational documentary
Film documentario/Documentary
Film documentario/Documentary
Film documentario/Documentary
"In this first Kodachrome colour film of the Ottawa Ciné Club, toys come to life. The projector shows a Mutt and Jeff cartoon to the partying toys. When the cock crows at dawn the toys stop. The film was shown accompanied by the music of Camille Saint-Saëns." (LAC description)
Documentary
" 'Oh, would some power the giftie gie us, to see ourselves as others see us.' In a sophisticated, fast moving satire, Fred Evans has struck at some of the blights of amateur movie making and screening. Turning his opening guns on tyros who ignore the instruction book which accompanies a new camera, Mr. Evans proceeds in a light, witty manner to poke cine fun at those movie makers who insist on learning the hard way. The picture continues on its farcical path, pausing now to watch invitations being telephoned for a screening of an as yet on-existent film and again to sympathize at the scene of frantic last minute editing. Home Movies has as its climax, of course, the fiasco of the screening, which should not be "tipped off" by a verbal preview. Compact and restrained, this movie offers meaningful as well as light entertainment." Movie Makers, Dec. 1946, 471.
Total Pages: 299
Amateur Cinema