Time Piece

Time Piece (1965)

Dislocation in time, time signatures, time as a philosophical concept, and slavery to time are some of the themes touched upon in this 9-minute experimental film, which was written, directed, and produced by Jim Henson. Screened for the first time at the Museum of Modern Art in May of 1965, "Time Piece" enjoyed an eighteen-month run at one Manhattan movie theater and was nominated for an Academy Award for Outstanding Short Subject.

Date de sortie
1965-05-07
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (38)
Durée
9 min
Genres
Comédie, Musique, Fantastique
Réalisateur
Jim Henson

Distribution

Anecdotes

  • Tourné à : Connecticut, New York et New Jersey
  • Récompenses : 0 · Nominations : 1

Time Piece is a 1965 American independent experimental short film directed, written, produced by and starring Jim Henson. The film depicts an ordinary man living in constant motion, in a desperate attempt to escape the passage of time. Time Piece is notable as one of the few live-action projects Jim Henson produced that did not involve any form of puppetry. The short film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 1966.

Production

Unlike most films, Time Piece was not written as a script. Instead, Jim Henson had storyboarded the entire film prior to filming. Between shuffling performances with The Muppets for The Jimmy Dean Show and film commercials, Henson shot the film intermittently from June 1964 to May 1965. Due to this restricted time frame, every shot in the film lasts only one to four seconds. Henson even calculated the amount of frames each shot would contain.

Henson solely produced the film's animation sequences, while Muppet designer Don Sahlin was responsible for the film's visual effects shots.

Legendary Blue Note Records engineer Rudy Van Gelder recorded the music.

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