soundonsight: New column: Silent Sundays: ‘Études de mouvements à Paris’ (Joris Ivens, 1927) Études de mouvements à Paris Directed by Joris Ivens France, 1927 Visual studies have long been relegated to the fringe of cinema appreciation. A mainstay of early cinema of attractions, today these films are often appreciated solely for their historical or social value rather than their visual or artistic merits. In 1927 Dutch filmmaker Joris Ivens took the streets of Paris to make his short film, Études de mouvements à Paris. The film is not necessarily spectacular in any way; its construction is practical, its focus familiar and its legacy relatively non-existent but it remains a strong model for the basic appeal of cinema. CLICK TO EXPAND ARTICLE

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New column: Silent Sundays: ‘Études de mouvements à Paris’ (Joris Ivens, 1927)

Études de mouvements à Paris

Directed by Joris Ivens

France, 1927

Visual studies have long been relegated to the fringe of cinema appreciation. A mainstay of early cinema of attractions, today these films are often appreciated solely for their historical or social value rather than their visual or artistic merits. In 1927 Dutch filmmaker Joris Ivens took the streets of Paris to make his short film, Études de mouvements à Paris. The film is not necessarily spectacular in any way; its construction is practical, its focus familiar and its legacy relatively non-existent but it remains a strong model for the basic appeal of cinema.

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