Rick Prelinger: The Lives of Energy (2010)
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Prelinger Archives, The Light In Your Life, Raphael G. Wolff Studios for General Electric Co., 1949
World premiere of a new feature-length montage film by Rick Prelinger, founder of the world famous Prelinger Archives, made especially for AV Festival and introduced by the artist. The film is compiled from fast-paced sequences of archive material creating a striking new story about the importance of energy in our lives today. His last feature length film Panorama Ephemera (2004) was shown at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (2005) and Adelaide Film Festival (2005).
FREE FILM Buy tickets for any three of these films at Tyneside Cinema: Up and Out; Double Take; King Coal or The Lives of Energy and the fourth will be FREE* *This offer only applies to stated films and is subject to availability.
Commissioned by AV Festival 10.
