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Off the Wall / directed by: Derek May ; produced by: Tom Daly, Barrie Howells ; production agency: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal).

Daly, Tom, (film producer.). Howells, Barrie, (film producer.). May, Derek, (film director.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary:

This film is about art, as business or as passion, and about the survival of the artist in the marketplace. Sketches about people in the art world are combined with the exploration by the filmmaker, himself an artist, of his own relationship to art. The film features General Idea, Mendelson Joe, Jack Pollock, Arnold Edinborough, Vera Frenkel, Colette Whiten, David Buchan and Pat Fleisher.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (55 min., 36 sec.) : sound
Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2015.
Copyright: ©1981

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:february.24 Multi-User. CatMonthString:january.24 CatMonthString:march.24 CatMonthString:june.24
Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director, Derek May ; script, Derek May ; editing, Derek May ; producer, Tom Daly ; executive producer, Barrie Howells ; cinematography, Barry Perles ; sound, Claude Hazanavicius, Ingrid Cusiel ; sound editing, Danuta Klis ; re-recording, Hans Peter Strobl, Adrian Croll.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrator, Derek May.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Streaming video.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 1981.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access may be limited to affiliated libraries.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by publisher.
Awards Note:	Prize for Best Cinematography, 1981
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2024-06-01).