Business Screen Magazine (1965-1966)

n on a III I otii.v: EWO (u: ALDlOMhLALS <^""'""^ '""^^ '" '" «^-p"-'^'''"'^'^= (CONTINLH) HROM THf PRI C I DING PAGE 45) vclopmcnt from the >ini:lc primitive cell to the miracle of mans mind and body. Another theme subject; InJiistrial Dcsii;n, will be presented in a 2S-minute color motion picture to show man creatine and seekint; to rationalize his functional environment: seekinu to make useful things beautiful according to their own innate logic and function. A "Labyrinth" in the ".Man and His World " area will have its own pavilion. This is being designed to accommodate the presentation of a new film concept, a "film experience" divided into three chambers. The first chamber has two vertical screens, one at the feet of the spectator and the other in elevation in front of him. The (.olin l.iix%. (/.r. r/m nj the l.dlil/riiilh at Expo '(i7. Iirlprd clircd such tuciuoruhlr jilms n.v "CUy of Cold" and "Universe." second is a mirror chamber through which the visitor passes to reach the last experience. This third chamber contains five screens in cruiciform in honl of the viewer. The audio factor is planned to play a major part as never before in film. This "film experience" is planned to analyse and synthesize in a dramatic way the story of man as "hero." "Oru lliiiulrccl Years of Canada" in Films The Canadian Government Pavilion will present (Jne Hundred Year\ oj Canada as its most appropriate Centennial Year contribution. A myriad of screens will be used to show five short films; there will be wide-screen, vertical-screen and horizontal-screen projections, shown in separate halls and designed to be seen in sequence. The Canadian Provinces, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, have all given pre-exhibition signals that films will be significant parts of their individual Pavilions. And. looking abroad, over 30 countries had declared their intention to use films in their F.XPO Pavilions. Special forms of presenlalion, ranging from variants ol Cinerama, Magica l.anterna. nuiltiplescreens, unusual rations, ceiling projection, cinema-in-the-round and even three-dimensional projection by laser beam, would not be a surprising result at any of these imaginative iiilLTnational pavilions. \|iri;i(l III Audiovisual I cchiiiiiui-s at I'^xpo I he brief descriptive )■ itiigraphs which follow cover a myriad of othci audio-visual tools and techniques which the visitor to Expo '67 can hope to sec. For example numerous intcr (roNtlNUHD ON III! lOII.OWISd PAGE 57) 46 T.IT\ IN THE KINGDOM WRACKi o HV War, Coventry Cathedral rose anew from the ashes and stands amidst this industrious English city as an edifice of faith which extends its influence far beyond the town's perimeter and. indeed, into many lands. There is a film about the new Cathedral, dwelling on its modern architecture. But today there is another motion picture taking its viewers into concerns of social significance which the clergy of Coventry express in words and pictures as challenging as they are beautiful. Its title is City in the Kintidom and within the 39 minutes of its time upon the screen there is deep consideration of the spirit of men in a modern industrial society, of today's \outh. of international relationships, and of the rt)!e of tiie church in facing up to its own inner problems. Produced by Random Film Productions and made possible by the aid of Shell-Mcx and B. P. Ltd. (the same combination which gave us the award-winning film, I he Forih Road Bridge), this color film is distinguished by the writing and narration of Christopher Fry. This noted piayright-author may have contributed one of the finest pieces of film writing in recent years. Readers may judge for themselves from the script lines reproduced in these pages. Cily in ilie Kini;d(>ni was premiered in Coventry Cathedral on October 10 and will soon have a series of American showings under the auspices of its Provost. Imagery keynotes its treatment from the onset with an inter-mixture of factual documentary sequences which take the viewer into plants and offices, picking up the words of concerned persons. Industrial leaders gather in a Cathedral meeting room; young people change the beat of rock and roll into an inspiring chorale session and in an unforgettable moment from history, Berlin's Mayor Willy Brandt visits the ruins of Coventry, razed by Nazi bombers. Vicars of the Cathedral realistically discuss their problems at Retreat House. Producer Peter Mills and director Shirley Cobham have given the world's religious groups an inspiring "message" film on the responsibilities of the church toward society and its future. Wilfred Joseph's music is as appropriate ami beautiful as it is unobtrusive. The Ambrosian Singers, conducted by Marcus Dods raise their moments on the screen to inspiring heights. Beyonil the most gracious gesture of goodwill which made Cily in the Kini;d<tni possible, the film has no commercial aspects whatsoever for Shell-Mcx and B.P. Ltd. But like The Forth Road Uridine, its creation is a tribute to inspired sponsorship that will be recalled by all who see it. The future is indeed bright for this kind of picture. It should be the exhibit centerpiece at Expo '67 in Montreal if the World Council of Churches plans to take part in that fair. • Tin .Script l»y rhrist«»p!i«T Fry a-Narratril in "City in llie Kin^duiii*', , A city is l)uilt hy mkii. It presses down on the earth like a weight of responsiliiliL It goes up towards the sk\ like ambition.tn hke an unanswered question. Once it washi church spires which gave a city its skylim Xow more often tlie pattern of our horn is made hy factories, liomcs and olfites. o o o "■SO work the iioiicij-I)ccs, creatures that by a rule in nature teach the act of order to a peopled kiuiidom". o o o The plans are drawn up. the models are constructed, the theor\ of how our lives shall be contained is expressed, made visi This is the city made hy hands. Tliis is A outward form of oiu' lives, which we hav< eonstnietcd lor oiu' needs, so far as we can know and foresee them. o e o "\\7u;i lie build . . . let us ihink thiit ire l)uihi for ei:^ "Yard in the wimbuii lane: Lane in the broad street; Street in the hiiOt toun . . ." O O O Light, Cod's eldest daughti'r. is a principal beauty in a building . . . o o o (IJcside ;i window which looks out on to builders at their work, the editor of the Coventry Evening Telegraph t.dks of the craftsmanship of the cit\-.) o o o Look iiow the hands eontriNe and luake a new w(uld lor the body's sake. .\lo\ing like spider or like bird to wea\< fl\'. .More artieulati' than woril. More e,\pressi\'e than tlie e\e. So ine; luparaliK wroiiiilil. BUSINESS SCREKN