On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, Krin Gabbard wrote: > May I take the liberty of expanding this discussion just a bit and ask if > anyone can come up with the EARLIEST examples of slow motion in narrative > cinema? In _A Certain Tendency of the Hollywood Cinema_, Robert Ray traces it > back to _Zero For Conduct_ (1933), but I think we might also give Bunuel credit > for a bit of slo mo in _Un Chien andalou_. Anything else? Don't forget the camel-drawn hearse that goes out of control and the wonderful slo-mo chase that ensues in Rene Clair's _Entr'acte_ (1924). --Marty Norden ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OO Martin F. Norden [_]<| Dept. of Communication [log in to unmask] /|\ University of Massachusetts/Amherst fax: 413 545-6399 Amherst, MA 01003 USA tel: 413 545-0598, 545-1311 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]