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'''''Eaux d'artifice''''' (1953) is a short [[experimental film]] by [[Kenneth Anger]]. The film was shot in the [[Villa d'Este]] in [[Tivoli, Italy|Tivoli]], [[Italy]]. The film consists entirely of a woman dressed in eighteenth-century clothes who wanders amidst the garden fountains of the Villa d'Este<ref>{{cite web|title=Interview with Kenneth Anger|url=http://www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk/features/2009/06/04/interview-with-kenneth-anger/|publisher=Electric Sheep|accessdate=23 August 2010}}</ref> ("a Hide and Seek in a night-time labyrinth"<ref>{{cite journal|last=Haller|first=Robert A.|title=Kenneth Anger|journal=[[The Equinox]]|year=1990|volume=3|issue=10|pages=239–60|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JMXOBCtNMvkC&pg=PA243|accessdate=23 August 2010}}</ref>) to the sounds of Vivaldi's "Four Seasons", until she steps into a fountain and momentarily disappears. The actress, Carmilla Salvatorelli (not "Carmello"), was "a little midget" Anger had met through [[Federico Fellini]].<ref name="macdonald">{{cite book|last=MacDonald|first=Scott|title=A critical cinema: interviews with independent filmmakers|year=2006|publisher=UCLA UP|isbn=978-0-520-24595-2|pages=27–30|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gkbhdBPbLEQC&pg=PA27}}</ref> Anger used a short actress to suggest a different sense of scale, whereby the monuments seemed bigger (a technique he said was inspired by etchings of the gardens in the Villa d'Este by [[Giovanni Battista Piranesi]]).<ref name="macdonald"/>
'''''Eaux d'artifice''''' (1953) is a short [[experimental film]] by [[Kenneth Anger]]. The film was shot in the [[Villa d'Este]] in [[Tivoli, Italy|Tivoli]], [[Italy]]. The film consists entirely of a woman dressed in eighteenth-century clothes who wanders amidst the garden fountains of the Villa d'Este<ref>{{cite web|title=Interview with Kenneth Anger|url=http://www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk/features/2009/06/04/interview-with-kenneth-anger/|publisher=Electric Sheep|accessdate=23 August 2010}}</ref> ("a Hide and Seek in a night-time labyrinth"<ref>{{cite journal|last=Haller|first=Robert A.|title=Kenneth Anger|journal=[[The Equinox]]|year=1990|volume=3|issue=10|pages=239–60|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JMXOBCtNMvkC&pg=PA243|accessdate=23 August 2010}}</ref>) to the sounds of Vivaldi's "Four Seasons", until she steps into a fountain and momentarily disappears. The actress, Carmilla Salvatorelli (not "Carmello"), was "a little midget" Anger had met through [[Federico Fellini]].<ref name="macdonald">{{cite book|last=MacDonald|first=Scott|title=A critical cinema: interviews with independent filmmakers|year=2006|publisher=UCLA UP|isbn=978-0-520-24595-2|pages=27–30|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gkbhdBPbLEQC&pg=PA27}}</ref> Anger used a short actress to suggest a different sense of scale, whereby the monuments seemed bigger (a technique he said was inspired by etchings of the gardens in the Villa d'Este by [[Giovanni Battista Piranesi]]).<ref name="macdonald" />


The title, a play on words, is meant to suggest ''Feux d'artifice'' (''Fireworks''), in obvious reference to Anger's earlier 1947 work. Film critic Scott MacDonald has suggested that ''Fireworks'' was a film about the repression of (the filmmaker's) gay sexuality in the United States, whereas ''Eaux d'Artifice'' "suggests an explosion of pleasure and freedom."<ref name="macdonald"/>
The title, a play on words, is meant to suggest ''Feux d'artifice'' (''Fireworks''), in obvious reference to Anger's earlier 1947 work. Film critic Scott MacDonald has suggested that ''Fireworks'' was a film about the repression of (the filmmaker's) gay sexuality in the United States, whereas ''Eaux d'Artifice'' "suggests an explosion of pleasure and freedom."<ref name="macdonald" />


In 1993, this short film was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
In 1993, this short film was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".


==See also==
== See also ==
* [[List of avant-garde films of the 1950s]]
* [[List of avant-garde films of the 1950s]]


==References==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
== External links ==
*{{imdb title|id=0045719|title=Eaux d'artifice}}
* {{IMDb title|id=0045719|title=Eaux d'artifice}}


{{Kenneth Anger}}
{{Kenneth Anger}}

Revision as of 16:27, 23 June 2019

Eaux d'artifice
Directed byKenneth Anger
Produced byKenneth Anger
StarringCarmilla Salvatorelli
CinematographyKenneth Anger
Edited byKenneth Anger
Release date
  • 1953 (1953)
Running time
12 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Eaux d'artifice (1953) is a short experimental film by Kenneth Anger. The film was shot in the Villa d'Este in Tivoli, Italy. The film consists entirely of a woman dressed in eighteenth-century clothes who wanders amidst the garden fountains of the Villa d'Este[1] ("a Hide and Seek in a night-time labyrinth"[2]) to the sounds of Vivaldi's "Four Seasons", until she steps into a fountain and momentarily disappears. The actress, Carmilla Salvatorelli (not "Carmello"), was "a little midget" Anger had met through Federico Fellini.[3] Anger used a short actress to suggest a different sense of scale, whereby the monuments seemed bigger (a technique he said was inspired by etchings of the gardens in the Villa d'Este by Giovanni Battista Piranesi).[3]

The title, a play on words, is meant to suggest Feux d'artifice (Fireworks), in obvious reference to Anger's earlier 1947 work. Film critic Scott MacDonald has suggested that Fireworks was a film about the repression of (the filmmaker's) gay sexuality in the United States, whereas Eaux d'Artifice "suggests an explosion of pleasure and freedom."[3]

In 1993, this short film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

See also

References

  1. ^ "Interview with Kenneth Anger". Electric Sheep. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  2. ^ Haller, Robert A. (1990). "Kenneth Anger". The Equinox. 3 (10): 239–60. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  3. ^ a b c MacDonald, Scott (2006). A critical cinema: interviews with independent filmmakers. UCLA UP. pp. 27–30. ISBN 978-0-520-24595-2.

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