Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: PB-75

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10:05:03 71.39	INFORMATION CARD: EDITEL, NY, TITLE : ROCKABY, DATE: 12-1-1982, AGENCY: PENNEBAKER
10:05:16 83.58	STILL OF SAMUEL BECKETT
10:05:49 117.16	TITLE CARDS: STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PROGRAMS IN THE ARTS PRESENTS, ROCKABY
10:06:05 133.15	ENTRANCE TO THE PICCADILLY CIRCUS STATION, LONDON TUBE AT NIGHT, RIDERS EXIT
10:06:08 136.16	NEON SIGNS AT NIGHT, DOUBLE DECKER BUS, PICCADILLY CIRCUS
10:06:15 142.43	LONDON TAXI AT NIGHT, CU
10:06:17 145.33	TITLE CARDS CUT WITH LONDON TAXIS AT NIGHT: A PLAY BY SAMUEL BECKETT, FILM BY PENNEBAKER AND CHRIS HEGEDUS, ACTRESS - BILLIE WHITELAW, THE DIRECTOR - ALAN SCHNEIDER, THE PRODUCER - DANIEL LABEILLE
10:06:56 183.87	EXT OF ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY THEATRE AT NIGHT
10:07:04 192.3	LOBBY OF THEATRE
10:07:08 196.33	THEATRE GOERS MEET AND GREET, GOING AWAY PARTY FOR ACTRESS ?
10:07:17 204.87	ASSISTANT HELPS BRITISH ACTRESS PACK UP AND MOVE LUGGAGE
10:07:31 218.58	DOUBLE DECKER YELLOW BUS ON MISTY ENGLAND ROADS, ZOOM OUT TO BRIDGE OVER THAMES
10:07:38 225.6	DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER TALK ON BUS, SCHNEIDER AND PENNEBAKER
10:07:54 241.63	MEN WALK UP STAIRS TO HOME IN ACTRESS' CAMDENTOWN HOME
10:08:04 252.36	DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER VISIT WITH BILIE WHITELAW AT HER HOME, SHE MAKES A POT OF TEA, LARGE MURAL PAINTING ON WALL
10:08:41 288.52	CU OF WHITELAW TALKING ABOUT SAM BECKETT'S NEW PLAY
10:09:14 322.24	STILLS OF SAMUEL BECKETT
10:09:58 365.91	BILLILE WHITELAW TALKS ABOUT HER START IN THEATRE, PLAYED A BOY, BEING UNEDUCATED, NEVER READS
10:10:46 413.73	ECU OF DIRECTOR, ZOOM OUT, TALKS ABOUT HOW HE WILL DIRECTOR HER
10:11:25 453.45	BILLIE WHITELAW READS LINES FROM THE PLAY
10:12:42 530.07	ECU OF DIRECTOR PRAISING HER ACTING, ZOOM OUT, CONVERSATION ABOUT PERFORMING BECKETT, "TO FIND OUT WHOM ELSE", CUT TO CU OF WHITELAW
10:13:24 572.23	MS OF BILLIE WHITELAW, TALKING ABOUT "NOT I", BECKETT PLAY, HOW SHE WAS DIRECTED BY BECKETT
10:13:46 593.51	ECU OF MOUTH MASKED BY BLACK CLOTH OR MAKE-UP, PERFORMANCE OF "NOT I"
10:14:53 661.44	SCHNEIDER AND PENNEBAKER IN TAXI TALK ABOUT WHITELAW'S PERFORMANCE
10:15:12 680.13	MS OF SCHNIEDER AND WHITELAW TALK, SHE MENTIONS BOTH HER PARENTS JUST PASSING, HER MOTHER BECOMING CATATONIC AT THE END OF HER LIFE, CUT TO ECU OF WHITELAW
10:16:50 777.58	MS OF BILLIE WHITELAW READING PLAY AND RECITING, INFORMAL REHEARSAL, ROCKABY, ZOOM INTO CU OF ALAN SCHNEIDER, DIRECTOR
10:19:01 909.07	MS OF SCHNEIDER AND WHITELAW, HOLDING HANDS, EMOTIONAL RESPONSE TO THE LINES, BEING DIRECTED
10:19:28 935.57	MS OF BILLIE WHITELAW AND ALAN SCHNEIDER DISCUSSING THE FEELING OF SAMUEL BECKETT'S NEW PLAY, BEING DIRECTED, ZOOM INTO ECU OF ACTRESS DISCUSSING WHAT SHE ENVISIONED
10:21:10 1038.09	SIGN AT READING STATION
10:21:13 1041.21	TRAIN ARRIVES AT READING STATION, ENGLAND
10:21:23 1050.93	BRICK TOWER, EXT OF LIBRARY
10:21:27 1055.39	CU OF DOOR ON BECKETT READING ROOM
10:21:31 1058.71	CU OF ALAN SCHNEIDER
10:21:34 1062.39	MS OF SCHOLARS SITTING AROUND TABLE, DISCUSSING BECKETT'S NOTES, ZOOM IN ON ALAN SCHNEIDERTALKING ABOUT HIS NOTES AFTER ROCKABY
10:22:23 1111.32	TV SCREEN WITH TITLE CARD "HAPPY DAYS"
10:22:31 1118.93	SAMUEL BECKETT WATCHING AND SMOKING
10:22:36 1124.36	BILLIE WHITELAW BURIED IN SAND, PERFORMANCE OF HAPPY DAYS
10:22:52 1139.67	MEN SIT AT RESTAURANT TABLEDISCUSSING WHITELAW'S INTERPRETATION IN BECKETT'S HAPPY DAYS
10:23:29 1176.52	WHITELAW IN "HAPPY DAYS"
10:24:25 1232.88	MEN DISCUSSING CRITICISM OF IRISH WRITERS, CUT TO CU OF ALAN SCHNEIDER, MENTION GODOT AND WALTER KERR
10:25:07 1274.99	STILL OF SCHNEIDER AND BECKETT
10:25:13 1280.75	STILL OF NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE REVIEW OF "WAITING FOR GODOT" BY WALTER KERR, PHOTO OF BERT LAHR, CUT TO CU OF ARTICLE
10:25:24 1292.36	ALAN SCHNEIDER MS, ON TRAIN, DISCUSSING THE FAILURE OF GODOT IN MIAMI
10:25:48 1315.94	POV MOVING TRAIN, PADDINGTON STATION SIGN
10:25:52 1319.57	ECU OF HAND HOLDING TINY BOOK
10:25:54 1321.9	ALAN SCHNEIDER ON ESCALATOR AT PADDINGTON STATION, TUBE, ENGLAND, 1982
10:26:04 1332.09	MS OF BILLIE WHITELAW AND ALAN SCHNEIDER DISCUSSING BECKETT
10:26:26 1353.44	ACTRESS BILLIE WHITELAW IN ROCKING CHAIR, REHEARSING ROCKABY
10:26:37 1365.33	MONTAGE OF WHITELAW IN BECKETT PLAYS
10:26:40 1367.79	BILLIE WHITELAW TALKS ABOUT WHY SHE SCREAMED IN "NOT I", SENSORY DEPRIVATION, PAN TO SCHNEIDER
10:27:07 1394.43	MS OF SCHNEIDER DIRECTING WHITELAW, "IT'S ABOUT ACCEPTING DEATH", CUT TO ACTRESSES FREAKING OUT AFFECTIONALLY
10:28:04 1452.17	MS OF SCHNEIDER AND WHITELAW DISCUSSING HER APPROACH TO BECKETT, CUT TO CLOSE UPS OF EACH
10:28:56 1503.94	ZOOM OUT FROM STILL OF BECKETT IN HAND OF MAN ANSWERING PHONE IN OFFICE, ALAN SCHNEIDER LOOKS AT PHOTO OF BECKETT AND WHITELAW'S MOUTH IN NOT I
10:29:17 1525.3	MS OF BEARDED MAN DISCUSSING THE FINE DETAILS OF BECKETT'S INSTRUCTIONS, "INPERCEPTIVELY AJAR" MEANS SHUT
10:30:01 1569.07	HIGH ANGLE OF BILLIE WHITELAW LOOKING AT GRAY WIG FOR PLAY
10:30:20 1587.48	MS OF BILLIE WHITELAW WITH GRAY WIG, ALAN SCHNEIDER LOVES THE WIG
10:30:57 1624.54	DIRECTOR, SCHNEIDER AT SOUNDBOARD
10:31:01 1628.64	BILLIE WHITELAW AT MICROPHONE, RECITING LINES FROM ROCKABY, CUT TO SCHNEIDER AT SOUNDBOARD, DIRECTING
10:31:53 1681.33	ECU OF ALAN SCHNEIDER
10:32:00 1687.66	MS OF BILLIE WHITELAW REHEARSING ROCKABY, CUT TO SCHNEIDER IN SOUND ROOM, REVERB
10:32:30 1717.9	ACTRESS WHITELAW IN ROCKING CHAIR, LISTENING TO DIRECTOR, STAGE ASSISTANT ROCKING CHAIR
10:33:26 1774.28	AIRPORT POV TERMINAL
10:33:29 1776.74	BILLIE WHITELAW DRINKS BEER IN TERMINAL
10:33:37 1785.42	BILLIE WHITELAW AND ENTOURAGE CLIMBS UP AIRLINE STAIRCASE
10:33:44 1792.18	BUFFALO NEW YORK, PAN ACROSS FROZEN LAKE ERIE
10:33:53 1800.84	POSTER FROM MAIN STAGE, WORLD PREMIERE OF ROCKABY, THEATRE EXT
10:33:59 1806.78	BILLIE WHITELAW WITH HER MOTHER'S CREAM, SITTING AT VANITY IN DRESSING ROOM
10:34:29 1836.69	WHITELAW IN HAPPY DAYS, BURIED IN SAND
10:35:32 1900.32	WHITELAW PUTTING ON MAKE-UP IN MIRROR, MAKE UP ARTIST OFFERS HER INTERPRETATION OF COSTUME AND WIG
10:36:42 1970.06	ECU OF WHITELAW WITH MAKE-UP
10:36:48 1976.18	ALAN SCHNEIDER ENTERS DRESSING ROOM AND OFFER OPINION ON WIG, ZOOM IN ON HIS EXPRESSION
10:37:06 1994.14	DIRECTOR SCHNEIDER ON TELEPHONE BACKSTAGE, GIVING CUES
10:37:28 2015.48	STAGE DIRECTIONS GIVEN BY WOMAN
10:37:32 2020.41	BILLIE WHITELAW BEGINS TO PERFORM ROCKABY, STOPPED BY DIRECTOR SCHNEIDER, PRACTICE ROCKING MECHANISMS, LOTS OF DIRECTIONS, EERIE IMAGES
10:39:47 2154.77	OVER THE SHOULDER OF ACTRESS PUTTING ON MAKE-UP, RELFECTION IN THE MIRROR, CAMERA PERSON, TALKS ABOUT PLAYING A ROLE AND NOT HAVING TO INTERPRET OR ANALYZE SAMUEL BECKETT'S WORK
10:41:36 2264.06	CU OF WHITELAW PUTTING ON MAKE-UP, CUT TO MS, DRESSING ROOM
10:42:15 2302.9	STILL OF SAMUEL BECKETT
10:42:23 2310.51	POV MOVING VEHICLE OF BUILDING OVERHANG
10:42:33 2321.16	PANEL OF SPEAKERS ON STAGE, LISTENING
10:42:52 2340.05	CUT TO AUDIENCE LAUGHING, LECTURE HALL
10:43:03 2350.51	MARTIN ESSLIN MS, TALKING ABOUT BECKETT, CUT TO COLLEGE STUDENTS LISTENING
10:43:59 2406.73	ALAN SCHNEIDER SPEAKS ABOUT BEING UNCOMFORTABLE BEING WITH CRITICS BEFORE THE PERFORMANCE, TALKS ABOUT THE LENGHTH OF THE PLAY, CUT TO AUDIENCE MEMBERS LISTENING
10:45:47 2515.29	BILLIE WHITELAW IN DRESSING ROOM TALKS ABOUT HER WORK AND
10:46:33 2560.57	EXT OF THEATRE MARQUEE, TILT DOWN
10:46:36 2563.97	THEATRE-GOERS ENTER THROUGH DOORS AND SHOW TICKETS
10:46:45 2573.01	STAGEHANDS MOP DOWN STAGE
10:46:51 2579.39	ALAN SCHNEIDER LOOKS CONCERNED
10:46:55 2583.46	SOUND PERSON IN BOOTH, BACKSTAGE, GIVES DIRECTIONS ON HEADSET
10:47:05 2593.39	DARK STAGE, SPOT SLOWLY LIGHTS UP FACE OF ACTRESS, BILLIE WHITELAW, OLD LADY MAKE-UP, IN ROCKING CHAIR, RECORDING PLAYS, ZOOM IN AND OUT
10:50:13 2780.93	FS OF ACTRESS IN ROCKING CHAIR, BILLIE WHITELAW PERFORMS "ROCKABY", RECORDING PLAYS, ZOOM INTO MS
10:58:53 3301	SLOW ZOOM INTO ECU OF BILLIE WHITELAW PERFORMING "ROCKABY"
11:00:43 3410.74	CU OF HAND ON ROCKING CHAIR ARM, FADE TO MS OF BILLIE WHITELAW ASLEEP IN ROCKING CHAIR, ZOOM IN AND OUT AND FADE TO BLACK
11:02:01 3488.5	CREDITS
11:03:09 3557.34	BLANK SLUG
11:03:14 3561.56	END TAPE