“Color as a description of light.”
From the Notebook of … was shot in Florence and takes as its point of departure Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks and Paul Valéry’s essay on da Vinci’s process. These two elements suggest an implicit comparison between the treatment of space in Renaissance art and the moving image. The film marks a critical development in the artist’s work in that he repeatedly employs a series of rapid pans and upward tilts along the city’s buildings or facades, often integrating glimpses of his own face. As Beavers notes in his writing on the film, the camera movements are tied to the filmmakers’ presence and suggests his investigative gaze.
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Part of My Hand Outstretched to the Winged Distance and Sightless Measure
18 films
Winged Dialogue
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Plan of Brussels
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The Count of Days
Movie · 1969
Palinode
Movie · 1970
Diminished Frame
Movie · 1971
Still Light
Movie · 1971
The Painting
Movie · 1972
From the Notebook of...
Movie · 1972
Work Done
Movie · 1973
Ruskin
Movie · 1974
AMOR
Movie · 1980
Efpsychi
Movie · 1983
Wingseed
Movie · 1985
The Stoas
Movie · 1997
Sotiros
Movie · 2000
The Ground
Movie · 2001
The Hedge Theater
Movie · 2002
Early Monthly Segments
Movie · 2003
Cast
2 people
Robert Beavers Director
United States release October 9, 1999 · Produced in Italy, Switzerland, United States
Production
Italy · Switzerland · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Italy · February 11, 1972
Premiere · (First Version) Centro Culturale San Fedele, Milan
United States · October 9, 1999
Premiere · (Second Version) New York Film Festival
Canada
September 8, 2000 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
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