The Lead Shoes

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The Lead Shoes is a 1949 experimental film [1] directed by Sidney Peterson [2] at Workshop 20 at the San Francisco Art Institute. The film was made using distorting lenses. The film is a 17-minute black and white short.

In 2009, the film was selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being deemed “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant. [3] [4] It appears on the DVD Avant-Garde Volume 3 (Experimental Cinema 1922-1954). [5]

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References

  1. Sidney Peterson, 94, Surrealist Filmmaker-The New York Times
  2. Letterboxd
  3. "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  4. "Michael Jackson, the Muppets and Early Cinema Tapped for Preservation in 2009 Library of Congress National Film Registry". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  5. "Avant-Garde Volume 3 - Kino on Video". Archived from the original on 2010-12-02. Retrieved 2010-12-05.