Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Wilson, Robert, 1941-2025
2. Bianchi, Lois
3. Franks, Danny
4. Kamm, Tom
5. Haugan, Kristine
6. Begley, Martin
7. Wagman, Neil
8. Woodruff, Thomas
9. Cernese, Frank
10. Self, Jim, 1954-
11. Linney, Margaret Jane
12. Hock, Robert D.
13. Nodell, Jamie
14. Mataresse, Larry
15. Byrd Hoffman Foundation
16. Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
17. Institut national de l'audiovisuel (France)

Description

1. 8 videodiscs (DVD) (330 min.) : si. and sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. ''Stations, a work for television written and directed by Robert Wilson, depicts the daydreams and fantasies of an 11 year-old boy [told in 13 parts]. The pivotal image is that of the young boy looking through a large window in the kitchen of his home. The window provides the portal for the child's fantasies inside and outside his home. There is no dialogue or spoken language" -- Stations' press packet. These recordings contain location shooting used in Stations.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation.

Series statement

1. Robert Wilson Audio/Visual Collection

Subject

1. Video art.

Genre/Form

1. Television.
2. Unedited footage.
3. Fantasy.

Contents

1. Disc 1. Includes footage for opening and beginning scenes - i.e., Fire and Water ; Robert Wilson and crew shown ; house floating in water with elephant on top (54 min.) -- Disc 2. More footage of house floating in water ; takes of family holding each other from Water scene (28 min.) -- Disc 3. Mystery man by waterfall and in limousine ; car driving through woods (37 min.) -- Disc 4. Yard ; elephant in yard (57 min.) -- Disc 5. Dogs ; trees at night ; elephant and Mystery man in forest at night (50 min.) -- Disc 6. Yard at night ; yard in day (57 min.) -- Disc 7. Yard with changing lighting ; tall grass, fields, etc., seen through Mystery man's point-of-view (39 min.) -- Disc 8. House at night (8 min.)

Call number

1. NCOX 3046

Language

1. English

Note

1. Donor's inventory numbers: Kitchen 03, Kitchen 44, Kitchen 19, Kitchen 39, Kitchen 21, Kitchen 22, Kitchen 07, Kitchen 26, Kitchen 43, Kitchen 17, Kitchen 18, Kitchen 14, Kitchen 35, Kitchen 24.
2. Title and credits from English titled version. For the final English version, see NCOX 3044. For additional production footage, see NCOX 3047.
3. These discs contain no audio except for the tones used as part of the production process.

Access (note)

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

1. Music by Jacob Stern ; lighting design by Danny Franks ; scenic design, Tom Kamm ; costume design, Kristine Haugan ; associate producer, Margaret Hunnewell ; technical director, Martin Begley ; camera, Neil Wagman ; videotape editor, Frank Cernese ; audio mix, Walter Willumstad ; choreographer, Jim Self ; storyboards, Tom Woodruff ; videotape and post production facilities, Matrix Video.

Performer (note)

1. Margaret Jane Linney, Robert Hock, Jamie Nodell, Larry Mataresse, Carole Davis, Pedro Rosado, D.J. McDonald, John Wilson...[et al]

Event (note)

1. According to production logs, source recordings for Discs 1 and 2 were made on April 30, 1982. Disc 3 was recorded on May 3, 1982. Discs 4-8 were recorded on October 27 and 28, 1981.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Country of producing entity

1. United States ; West Germany ; France.

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