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Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre is a american film of genre Documentary released in USA on 29 april 1901

Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre (1901)

Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theater

Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre
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Released in USA 29 april 1901
Length 1minutes
OriginUSA
Rating66% 3.340133.340133.340133.340133.34013

Star Theatre (also known as Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre) is a 1901 short documentary film in which time-lapse photography is used to show the dismantling and demolition of New York City's Star Theatre over a period of about a month.

Produced by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, it was filmed by F.S. Armitage. It made the National Film Registry in 2002.

Synopsis

Le premier jour, le cinéaste prend à cadence normale quelques secondes du va-et-vient habituel de la circulation, les calèches, les chariots, et la foule des piétons. Puis, pendant les quelques semaines que dure l'opération de démolition du Star Theater, à New York, la caméra reste au même endroit, bien calée, filmant à travers la fenêtre d’un immeuble placé juste en face. Par des démarrages et des arrêts de caméra successifs, le cinéaste prend quelques vues à chaque demi-heure de la journée (il exclut le soir, la nuit et le petit matin, dont les lumières ne sont pas assez actiniques pour obtenir une image correctement exposée). À la projection, la démolition s’effectue ainsi en 1 min 30 s, les matériaux sont pris d’une sorte de folie autodestructrice, les ombres tournoient, les piétons s’activent comme des insectes, le store d’une boutique proche s’ouvre et se ferme à un rythme infernal, les étages du Star Théâtre disparaissent l'un après l'autre. « Quand seuls subsistent des monceaux de pierres que des fardiers débarrassent, le calme revient, un autre morceau du film à vitesse normale montre les piétons, indifférents aux ruines, qui vaquent à leurs occupations. » C’était à ce moment que derrière son public, l’opérateur respectait l’annonce du titre : "démolition et reconstruction", et il rembobinait le film à l’aide de l’appareil de projection sans éteindre la lanterne. Le Star Théâtre renaissait alors de ses ruines et se dressait de nouveau par la magie de la marche arrière.

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