Wednesday, 20 October 2010

Prism Archives Presents: Chevalier's Budoir: Le Nez Alexander Alexeïeff ...


Alexeieff and Parker, The Nose, 1963
16mm black and white using the pinscreen technique.

The Nose (1963) is based on a surreal story, written in 1836 by Nikolai Gogol. It tells of a barber who discovers a disembodied nose in a loaf of bread. The film was made using the 'pinscreen' technique invented by Alexeieff and Parker.