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1979 American film
The Solar Film
Directed by
Release date
  • 1979 (1979)
Running time9 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$402,699

The Solar Film (also known as A Short Film on Solar Energy) is a 1979 short film by Elaine and Saul Bass and produced by Michael Britton. The film was financed through Redford's Wildwood Enterprises with 50-50 funding coming from Philanthropist Norton Simon and Warner Communications and a budget of $402,699.

Summary

This film takes a look at the short history of solar energy, what it is and how can it be used culturally and biologically.

Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells was used in the film.

The film was commissioned by Robert Redford who also served as executive producer.

Accolades

See also

  • Why Man Creates, Saul Bass's 1968 Oscar-winning documentary short about creativity

References

  1. "Oddball Films: Better Call Saul - Saul Bass on Film - Thur. Mar. 10th - 8PM".
  2. "Solar Film (1979) - - Awards - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  3. "The Solar Film". MUBI.
  4. "Michael Britton". IMDb.
  5. Horak, Jan-Christopher (2014-10-15). Saul Bass. University Press of Kentucky. doi:10.5810/kentucky/9780813147185.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-8131-4718-5.
  6. "Oddball Films: The Saul Bass Treatment - Fri. May 30 - 8PM".
  7. "The Solar Film (1980) Original Poster (23x31) at Amazon's Entertainment Collectibles Store". www.amazon.com.
  8. Internet Archive
  9. "Directed by Saul Bass". 11 February 2012.
  10. "The Science of Creativity - The Solar Film". www.thescienceofcreativity.com.
  11. Kirkham, Pat (31 August 2018). "Reassessing the Saul Bass and Alfred Hitchcock Collaboration". West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture. 18 (1): 50–85. doi:10.1086/659384. JSTOR 10.1086/659384. S2CID 191494543.
  12. "ACADEMY AWARD : Solar Film, The". www.pyramidmedia.com.
  13. Oscars (4 February 2016). "Short Film Winners: 1980 Oscars" – via YouTube.
  14. 1980|Oscars.org

External links

Films directed by Saul Bass
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