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weddings and babies

The story of Weddings and Babies, Morris Engel’s last feature which was filmed with portable camera and sound equipment, a novel synchronized sight-and-sound- process that was developed by Engel himself, starts off a little lamely, with a woman who wishes … Continue reading

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fugitives

The filmography of Morris Engel is brief –: three films in about six years – and that of Ruth Orkin is even briefer since she collaborated with Engel on only the first two of those films. Still, the husband-and-wife working … Continue reading

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an angel laughing through tears

Is the concept of progress a cruel illusion? Is progress a storm, getting pushed into the future into which our back is turned?. Do angels work without a script intuitively connected to the screenwriter on high. Angels have represented a … Continue reading

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