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Eaux d'artifice - movie film screenshot

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Eaux d'artifice - movie film screenshot

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A poetic fantasy that follows a mysterious masked woman clothed in 18th-century dress as she walks along the paths in the Villa d'Este gardens among the fountains in the moonlight, finally becoming one with the water. Music from Vivaldi's Four seasons is played in the background.
English translation title from video artist Chris Meigh-Andrews' website (http://www.meigh-andrews.com). Alternate English translation title from Western Connecticut State University WWW site, Hugh McCarney's Film and video art page (http://people.wcsu.edu/mccarneyh/fva/navigate/FVAFrames.html).
Carmilla Salvatorelli.
Camera assistant, Thad Lovett ; music, Antonio Vivaldi.
Filmed in the Villa D'Este Gardens of Tivoli, Italy.
Theatrical projection print was also exhibited on the National Film Preservation Tour.
This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
Partially viewed.
Sources used: Renan, S. An introduction to the American underground film, p. 108; Curtis, D. Experimental cinema, p. 64; Eagan, D., America's film legacy, p. 48; Internet movie database WWW site, viewed March 23, 2018.
Renumbered: CSA 0067 to FSB 9601.

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01/01/1953
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