Whitney Commercial
Jan 01, 1973 | IMDB 0
3 min Watch NowAnimation
Commissioned by David Bienstock, creator of the New American Film Series at the Whitney Museum of Art to raise funds for the second season of the series. The film was projected at the end of each program and a box to receive donations was placed at the exit of the theater. Whitney Commercial ran for two or three years until the Museum agreed to sponsor the series on its own which has continued to the present season. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
A Grand Day Out
The Wrong Trousers
A Close Shave
Face Lift
Bambi Meets Godzilla
Automatic Writing
Banner of Youth
Keep Cool
Andrey Svislotskiy
La Maison en Petits Cubes
Madhouse Mitchel
Dear Janice
Enigma: Nazo
Mountain Music
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
It's Such a Beautiful Day
Why
Five Film Exercises: Film 5
The Tune
Adam
SIMILAR MOVIES
A Grand Day Out
IMDB 7.5 | May , 1990
Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese, and this provides an excellent excuse for the duo to take their holiday to the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.The Wrong Trousers
IMDB 7.8 | Dec , 1993
Wallace rents out Gromit's former bedroom to a penguin, who takes up an interest in the techno trousers created by Wallace. However, Gromit later learns that the penguin is a wanted criminal.A Close Shave
IMDB 7.6 | Mar , 1996
Wallace's whirlwind romance with the proprietor of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin, and Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish criminal plot.Face Lift
IMDB 6 | Jan , 2017
Be better and more beautiful than you were before.Bambi Meets Godzilla
IMDB 6.4 | Jul , 1969
Bambi is nibbling the grass, unaware of the upcoming encounter with Godzilla. Who will win when they finally meet? Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2009.Automatic Writing
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2003
Charcoal animation, taken from from Point of View: An Anthology of the Moving Image (2003).Banner of Youth
IMDB 5 | Jan , 1957
A short film advertising the newspaper Sztandar Młodych (The Banner of Youth), noteworthy for its abstract elements painted directly onto film stock. An attempt at showing the complexity of the world in a capsule, the film reflects the new policy of the openness to the West during the Thaw of the late 1950s in Poland.Keep Cool
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1971
An animation (long before there were such things) for Oscar Brown Jr’s track “But I Was Cool”, from his 1961 debut album Sin & Soul. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.Andrey Svislotskiy
IMDB 5.9 | Jan , 1991
This animated short focuses on the lives of three eccentric people living on a farm in the Ukrainian countryside. Told in a non-linear, stream of consciousness style, the film depicts the deceitful relationship between a master and his two servants. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.La Maison en Petits Cubes
IMDB 7.9 | Jun , 2008
La Maison en Petits Cubes tells the story of a grandfather's memories as he adds more blocks to his house to stem the flooding waters.Madhouse Mitchel
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2017
Creeping from the halls of the maze brain, corruption and terror is woven by devils born from the denied errors of mankind.Dear Janice
IMDB 0 | Sep , 1972
Beckett cycles through a limited number of drawings, but adds new information to each drawing every time we see it, giving the sense of a world that is infinitely rich and also obviously contained tightly within the edges of the paper. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with iotaCenter and National Film Preservation Foundation in 2007.Enigma: Nazo
IMDB 7 | Jul , 1978
Enigma is something of a more glamorous version of White Hole, with a wide variety of elaborate textures (often composed of iconographic and religious symbols) converging towards the centre of the screen.Mountain Music
IMDB 5 | Jan , 1976
Mountain Music illustrates what happens when technology gets too advanced too soon. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
IMDB 3.8 | Dec , 2011
An anthology of one-minute films created by 51 international filmmakers on the theme of the death of cinema. Intended as an ode to 35mm, the film was screened one time only on a purpose-built 20x12 meter public cinema screen in the Port of Tallinn, Estonia, on 22 December 2011. A special projector was constructed for the event which allowed the actual filmstrip to be burnt at the same time as the film was shown.It's Such a Beautiful Day
IMDB 7.9 | Aug , 2012
Bill struggles to put together his shattered psyche.Why
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1987
The story of a starving third-world infant, set to a song by Harry Chapin. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.Five Film Exercises: Film 5
IMDB 0 | Jul , 1944
Opens with a short canonical statement of a theme upon which the entire film is constructed. The canon is repeated in contrasting variations by means of color. A second section poses the same image in deep film space. The image unfolds itself repeatedly, leaving the receding image to continue on smaller and smaller. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.The Tune
IMDB 6.5 | Sep , 1992
Del is a song writer for the obnoxious Mr. Mega, and in love with Didi, Mega's secretary. His quest to write a hit tune brings him to the wacky world of Flooby Nooby, where he just might learn to write songs from the heart. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.Adam
IMDB 6.2 | Oct , 1992
When The Hand of God creates Adam, he must learn the ways of the world, and can only hope for company.