Time Piece

Name: Time Piece
Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Music
Released: 1965-05-07
Duration: 9 min
Cast: April March, Don Sahlin, Dave Bailey, Enid Cafritz, Barbara Richman

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Release Date

5/7/1965

Runtime

9 mins

Genres

Fantasy Comedy Music

Overview

Dislocation in time, time signatures, time as a philosophical concept, and slavery to time are some of the themes touched upon in this 9-minute experimental film, which was written, directed, and produced by Jim Henson. Screened for the first time at the Museum of Modern Art in May of 1965, "Time Piece" enjoyed an eighteen-month run at one Manhattan movie theater and was nominated for an Academy Award for Outstanding Short Subject.

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Released

Original Language

English

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A hallucinogenic nine-minute collage that ping-pongs between rhythm, imagery, and temporal disorientation to probe what it means to be bound by time. Henson's early experimentation feels like watching someone's anxious daydream set to jazz.