The Magic Box: The Films of Shirley Clarke, 1929–1987
- Year
- 2016
- Description
- Collects dance films, experimental works, shorts, home movies, and the Academy Award–winning documentary Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World by Shirley Clarke, who may be best known for her interview Portrait of Jason (1967) with a gay African American aspiring performer and her film adaptation of the play The Connection by Jack Gelber.
- Director
- Clarke, Shirley
- Producer
- Doros, Dennis; Heller, Amy
- Production Team
- Project Shirley, Milestone Cinematheque, and Milestone Film and Video
- Genre
- Documentary
- Content Notes
- Project Shirley, vol. 4. Disc 1: Experimental: Brussels Loops (58:52); Bridges-Go-Round 1 (4:07); Bridges-Go-Round 2 (4:16); Scary Time (16:02); Skyscraper (21:11); Butterfly (3:41); Tongues (20:22); Savage/Love (26:20); 24 Frames per Second (2:59); and Three Video Variations on 24 Frames per Second (11:39). Disc 2: Dance: Shirley Dancing: A Photo Gallery (1:11); Fear Flight (10:57); Jelly Roll Morton (1:48); Home Movies #20 Dance Tests (5:53); Dance in the Sun (7:03); In Paris Parks (13:46); In Paris Parks Outtakes (9:08); This Is Not in Paris Parks (14:20); Decroux (15:30); Bullfight (9:18); Bullfight Outtakes (1:35); Rose and the Players, Part 1 (13:19); Rose and the Players, Part 2 (6:45); A Moment in Love (9:06); Four Journeys into Mystic Time: Initiation (28:13); Four Journeys into Mystic Time: Trans (7:38); Four Journeys into Mystic Time: One-Two-Three (8:20); and Four Journeys into Mystic Time: Mysterium (13:52). Disc 3: Robert Frost and the Home Movies: Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World (52:05); Christopher and Me (16:00); Shirley Brimberg Home Movies (When She Was Young) (5:46); Home Movies #10 Wedding and Pregnancy (7:43); Home Movies #14 with Helen Tamiris and Uday Shankar (4:13); Home Movies #15 Shirley with Camera (8:12); Home Movies #16 Summer Camp and Edith Stein (11:06); Home Movies #18 Florida (4:59); Television Interview: Shirley Clarke in Minneapolis (3:19); Lion's Love Outtakes (13:10); and The Brimberg and Clarke Photo Albums (5:46).
- Language
- English or silent
- Media Format
- 3 DVDs (502 min.) or 3 Blu-ray discs (502 min.)
- Type
- Color or black and white
- Additional Content
- A booklet of program notes is available.
- Production Notes
- The film Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1963.
- Updated
- 03-20-2023
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