Elam’s “El Shots,” sharing footage and theme with Elam’s “El,” sketches travel in Chicago. From people scurrying across intersections, to cars blurring down pavement, to watching buildings whizz by from an El-situated vantage (seemingly the Blue Line), Elam outlines how people orient the city as well as juxtaposes said locomotion with meandering individuals, e.g. children playing.
El Shots
El Shots
Video:
Collection:
Elam Subseries I: Films
Date:
circa 1976
Original Format:
8mm
Color:
Color
Sound:
Silent
Duration:
0h 5m 0s
Abstract:
Elam's "El Shots," sharing footage and theme with Elam's "El," sketches travel in Chicago. From people scurrying across intersections, to cars blurring down pavement, to watching buildings whizz by from an El-situated vantage (seemingly the Blue Line), Elam outlines how people orient the city as well as juxtaposes said locomotion with meandering individuals, e.g. children playing.
Genre:
Short
Subject(s):
(Ill.), Chicago, City and town life, Locomotion, Transportation
Source:
http://www.chicagofilmarchives.org/collections/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/22320
Repository:
Chicago Film Archive