Filmed looking over a busy highway at night, “Headlights” documents and abstracts the headlights of cars coming toward the camera on the left and the taillights of those driving away on the right. As the film progresses, its editing becomes more frenetic, changing the speed and motion of the cars with it.
Headlights
Headlights
Video:
Collection:
Elam Subseries I: Films
Original Format:
8mm
Color:
Color
Sound:
Silent
Duration:
0h 2m 18s
Abstract:
Filmed looking over a busy highway at night, "Headlights" documents and abstracts the headlights of cars coming toward the camera on the left and the taillights of those driving away on the right. As the film progresses, its editing becomes more frenetic, changing the speed and motion of the cars with it.
Genre:
Short
Subject(s):
Automobiles, Night
Source:
http://www.chicagofilmarchives.org/collections/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/8061
Repository:
Chicago Film Archive