Aaron Zeghers Story of Thomas Edison, The

Animation, Experimental

Type: Art, Film / Video Art, Historical, Mockumentary, Politics, Portrait, Self, Tragedy

Date: September 2011

Length: 4 minutes, 38 seconds

Process: Colour

Country: Canada

Languages: English

Shooting format: 16 mm

Sound format: Music, Voice-Over

Techniques: Hand Process (b&w), Hand Process (col), Optically Printed , Scratch Animation

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Synopsis

A film about the childhood heroes you so admired and now don't speak to. Optically printed onto 16mm, the Story of Thomas Edison is a mélange of recorded audio bites that form a libelous biography of the famous inventor.

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Screening Formats

Screen Format Aspect Ratio Sound Format Subtitles
DVD 4:3 Stereo

Screenings

Date Event
February 18, 2012 Strange Beauty Film Festival 2012
November 12, 2011 Colour Out of Space 2011
October 22, 2011 Flicker Spokane Film Festival 2011
September 30, 2011 WNDX 2011
July 20, 2011 Gimli Film Festival 2011

Tags

heroes, optical printing, Thomas Edison


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