"Numerical Order is a learning-how-to-count film. Through some very beautiful art work, paste-up, and other production techniques, Bill Peterson shows how to count. He has found a reason for every number up to 100. Your better judgement tells you he couldn't possibly keep up his starting pace until reaching 100, but he does except for one little bit of cheating. A film like this must have taken a million hours of patience to produce in addition to a lot of talent" PSA Journal, Oct. 1968, 48.
"The Legend of San San Ku was a practically unanimous choice as winner of the top award with its story of a Japanese legend. If the credits were to be removed from the beginning of this film, it would be hard to believe that it was not made in Japan. It was a very ambitious production for a crew of amateurs to undertake, and they came through with flying colors. Here's 20 minutes of Japan that is delightful to experience" PSA Journal, Oct. 1968, 48.
"Jeanette from Scotland won the Scenario Award for a story with a very touching twist at the end. Not much can be written as to its content without giving away the story and thus spoiling it for you when you see it. Rex Palmer did this one in black-and-white (only two other films in the Ten Best were not in color), with a deft handling of the story that tends to mislead you right up to the very end. It easily won as Best Foreign Film in this year's competition" PSA Journal, Oct. 1968, 48.
"Give Her My Love is a film in black-and-white made by a student of cinematography. It is a story of young love and the strange turn that young love can take. Jeff Blyth's handling of the story made the film a strong contender for the Scenario Award. A shy boy's life in an office and his second-hand love for a girl are well portrayed as a triangle develops and then becomes a zero" PSA Journal, Oct. 1968, 49.
"Dear Little Lightbird was entered as an experimental film by Leland Auslender, who also won one of the four top awards in the Class C category. He has a way with color, light and angles, and this talent easily put his film in the Top Ten. It's a story of a little boy born with an incurable disease, and how his three years of life brought into focus all the wonders of nature and this world around us. Perhaps this 18-minute film could be shortened somewhat, but it doesn't seem to matter for the film surrounds you with unusual shots of the simple things most of us miss in the helter-skelter of everyday life" PSA Journal, Oct. 1968, 49.
"The City was entered by its maker as an experimental film and ended up winning the Travel Film Award. Usually travel motion pictures have a difficult time in festival competitions, but this one came out almost on top. George Hood, who also won an Honorable Mention for Goin' Home, shows you 17 minutes of San Francisco that makes you feel you have lived there all your life - and he does all this without one word of narration, just sounds and music plus excellent filming" PSA Journal, Oct. 1968, 48.
"The Attic, done in black-and-white, ends with a twist that really gets one guessing. Don Tennant's back yard becomes an authentic battleground and excellent use of sound makes this film seem like it has a cast of thousands until you realize there are only three characters in the story. One of them is you . . . wandering. Here again we can't tell you too much without spoiling it for you, except to say that it's 5 1/2 minutes with an ex-G.I. in "the attic"" PSA Journal, Oct. 1968, 49.
"Materials of Ron Boise's art are found in the wrecking yard. Welding, burning, beating on the discarded metal, the artist works from a life model. He seeks not so much to represent the human form as to express it through his "junk" medium. Music is provided by Dr. Fred Katz, Professor of Anthropology at CSUF." Via WorldCat
"The Hungry Kook Goes Bazook is a zany title and zaniness continues throughout the film. This is a motion picture one would think could not be made. Even after you have seen it, you wonder whether this was a film with real live people in it or just another cartoon. Ed McWatters simply stole a cartoon and made it with real live people; that's how simple it is" PSA Journal, Oct. 1968, 48-49.
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Amateur Cinema