Cartoons: Before the Fact
Jan 01 1974
•0h 6m
•Made at S.U.N.Y. at Binghamton as a class exercise, filmmaker Saul Levine performs with students who each try to mimic his previously recorded phrase and then try to imitate each other imitating the recording.
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Saul Levine
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