movies_creation
American Movie Archives (美國電影檔案)
- Title
- Here's Looking
- Year
- 1939
- Abstract
- Visual perception in animals, humans, and from the driver's seat of a Chevrolet.
- Notes
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Produced: Handy (Jam) Organization
Sponsor: Chevrolet Motor Company
Run Time: 8:33
Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W - Keyword
- Perception: Vision;Natural history;Automobiles: Engineering;Natural history;Automobiles: Engineering
- Theme
- Eyes of Jem Handy
- Review
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The never ending absurdity of Jam Handy comparing the most ridiculous things to automobiles is continued here as we are treated to some observations about animals and how they see. We get explanations of how Water Hawks, fish and, apparantly making it's motion picture debut, the quite ugly Tarsius. As I was watching this, since I'm used to this sort of thing, I wondered "when are they going to bring the cars into this?" and sure enough, shortly after, the narrator explains that this can be tied in by the way we see out of cars (mmkay, I'll buy that). We then see improvements in window technology and what would happen if we had a 'fish eye' view and driving. This is all supposed to mean something. Let me know if you can tell me.
(Reviewer: Spuzz) - Location
- A/V room, 2/F