Eight. "*Report* was actually shown in eight different versions – all of equal duration and with the same soundtrack – after its initial premiere at the Harvard Film Society in 1964. The final version – after which the previous iterations were destroyed, if they hadn’t already been obliterated in the process of revision – was not completed until 1967. " http://sensesofcinema.com/2009/cteq/report/
Depending on when collections acquired the film it could be different. I've wanted for a while to do a screening of as many prints of the film as possible, a report on *Report*. But that might end up being not too interesting in the end. -h On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 11:07 PM, John Muse <jm...@sonic.net> wrote: > Having just screened a 16mm print of Report rented from Michelle Silva and > the Conner Family Trust and having watched the version up at UBU several > times http://ubu.com/film/conner_report.html I am surprised when I read a > 1966 review of Report by Robert Mosen (Film Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 3, > Spring, 1966, pp. 54-56) who describes the film this way: > > > Conner opens Report with several minutes of a printed film loop of > Jackie and Caroline as they approach, kneel at, and walk away from > Kennedy's coffin which is lying in state. > > And then: > > > We go through a few loops before the sound track begins. It is a radio > newscast of the five minutes of routine Dallas motorcade that preceded the > assassination. > > > Finally: > > > What follows the film loop and occupies the remaining ten minutes of the > film can only be described as a tour de force of implicational montage. The > image is a constant shuffle of several groups of footage. The first thing > we see is a close-up of matador and bull in the thick of battle. > > > This sounds like a different film. How many versions were there? What > would Mosen likely have seen? > > Thanks. > > j/PrM > > ************************************************* > > john muse > visiting assistant professor of independent college programs > haverford college > http://www.finleymuse.com > http://www.haverford.edu/faculty/jmuse > http://haverford.academia.edu/JohnMuse > > ************************************************* > > > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >
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