1:42.08
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1:42.08 | |
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Directed by | George Lucas |
Written by | George Lucas |
Starring | Pete Brock |
Cinematography | George Lucas |
Edited by | George Lucas Alan Gadney George Hubbard Mike Padilla |
Distributed by | University of Southern California |
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Running time | 7 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
1:42.08 (alternatively known as 1:42.08: A Man and His Car or 1:42.08: To Qualify) is George Lucas's senior project at the University of Southern California in 1966.[1] It was named for the lap time of the Lotus 23 race car that was the subject of the film.
It is a non-story visual tone poem depicting the imagery of a car going at full speed, and featuring the car's engine as the primary sound element. Shot on
Lucas cited the influence of Jean-Claude Labrecque's 1965 short documentary on a cycling competition, 60 Cycles, on 1:42.08.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Murray, Noel (September 19, 2007). "Short Film Collection Round-Up".
- ^ Hearn, Marcus "The Cinema of George Lucas" Publisher:Harry N. Abrams(March 1, 2005)
- ^ Smith, Jim (2003). George Lucas. Virgin Books. p. 12. ISBN 9780753507551. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
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Categories:
- 1966 films
- Documentary films about auto racing
- Short films directed by George Lucas
- American short documentary films
- Films without speech
- American auto racing films
- American student films
- 1960s short documentary films
- Films shot in California
- Films set in California
- 1960s English-language films
- 1960s American films
- English-language documentary films
- Short documentary film stubs
- Sports documentary film stubs