Le chant du styrene

Le chant du styrene / réalisation, Alain Resnais.

The Song of Styrene is the perfect example of how to turn a commissioned industrial film into a lyrical, satirical film masterpiece. When the young Alain Resnais was asked by the Péchiney plastics giant to make a short documentary on polystyrene, "that noble, entirely man-made matter," Res...

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Format: Video
Language:French
English
Published: [Paris, France] : Films de la Pléiade, [1957]
Subjects:
Polystyrene.
polystyrene.
Polystyrene
documentary film.
Documentary films
Feature films
Nonfiction films
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
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Summary:The Song of Styrene is the perfect example of how to turn a commissioned industrial film into a lyrical, satirical film masterpiece. When the young Alain Resnais was asked by the Péchiney plastics giant to make a short documentary on polystyrene, "that noble, entirely man-made matter," Resnais sensed a rapport between Alexandrine verse and CinemaScope. With text by Raymond Queneau and music by Pierre Barbaud, The Song of Styrene is a beautiful, surrealist film.
Physical Description:1 streaming video file (14 min.) : sound, color
Language:In French with English subtitles.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed April 28, 2022).

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