{"id":71,"date":"2019-12-06T17:27:02","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T17:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/100\/?p=71"},"modified":"2019-12-06T17:27:02","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T17:27:02","slug":"press-1919","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/100\/2019\/12\/06\/press-1919\/","title":{"rendered":"Press (1919)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Press<\/em> is a minute long piece of film showing a printing press going through its motions as it’s being set up for that night’s print run.<\/p>\n

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There’s not much here to review in the traditional sense, obviously, as it’s just a tiny snippet of documentary footage, but that doesn’t really matter. There is a beauty in the movement, a wonder in the slowness. And that’s enough.<\/p>\n

One of the things I like about film is that pointing a camera at something and just letting it watch it exist, or occur, forces you, as a viewer, to really look<\/em> at it. This narrowing of focus, this stripping away of distractions, somehow seems to elongate time, so that a minute of film stretches out more than a minute ever should, or ever would, imbuing it with a depth and density it might not usually have.<\/p>\n

I do not know why. <\/p>\n

__________<\/p>\n

Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Another film watched via the BFI Player – Press<\/a><\/em>
\n2. If you also like silent, wordless, minute long looks at things, you might be interested in watching some of my minute at a time<\/a> series of videos<\/em>
\n3. Although of course you might not be<\/em><\/p>\n

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Film Information<\/strong><\/p>\n

Title:<\/strong> Press<\/a><\/em>
\nYear:<\/strong> 1919
\nDuration:<\/strong> 1 minute<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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