Time piece

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Movie
Original title Time piece
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1965
length 9 minutes
Rod
Director Jim Henson
script Jim Henson
production Jane Henson
Jim Henson
Frank Oz
Jerry Juhl
music Don Sebesky
camera Ted Nemeth
occupation

Time Piece is an experimental short film directed by Jim Henson in 1965.

action

A man lies in bed and is listened to by a doctor. The man's loud heartbeat sets the rhythm for the following scenes. The man goes to work where he works on the assembly line, goes home at 5 p.m. and has dinner with his wife. A visit to a strip club follows in the evening. This is followed by scenes of the man as a prisoner after he shot the Mona Lisa and was convicted for it. The man flees and flies like Icarus with wings in the air, but in the end falls to the ground. When you hit the ground you can see that in reality a clock that shows 12 o'clock has fallen to the ground. Previous scenes are quickly edited together, in the end the man in bed is covered by a sheet. The doctor in charge is the man himself, who winks at the camera.

production

Filming for Time Piece began in the spring of 1964 and lasted about a year. The film is surreal and experimental. Everyday noises are emphasized or replaced by alternative noises, scenes are played backwards and cut one after the other with different make-up of the man, but the same sequence. The film manages without dialogue, but the man in the film says “Help!” Several times: when his head is served at dinner, when he is shot as Icarus and when he ends up in a toilet and is flushed down. The incoherent scenes are linked by cut-out animation sequences.

The film premiered on May 6, 1965 at the Museum of Modern Art and was later shown as a supporting film for A Man and a Woman in the cinema.

Awards

Time Piece was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Short Film in 1966 and received a prize from the International Jury of the Venice Film Festival in 1966 . The film won the American Film Festival's Blue Ribbon Award in 1967.

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