Agamemnon in New York

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You're going to have to throw cues or say words or something.

Agrabahm Dania, nested by Larry, translated by Larry.

Let me think of a legend.

Let me think of a legend.

I'll tell you what we'll do.

I wish I would know.

OK, I'll do Agamemnon in New York.

Are we going? This is it? Yeah.

Forsooth upon the breach, Agamemnon enters the New York City Terminal.

Upon entering the terminal, he turned to the left.

While turning to the left, he saw that the BMP was not available at the station.

From this position, he decided he could not get to Brooklyn and the World's Fair.

While he was standing there, he was debating how he could get to the World's Fair.

So he debated and debated.

Whereupon he went to the Oracle, which was actually the washroom.

Whereupon he saw a sign.

And the sign said, this way to the BMI, which is the competition with the BMT.

Thereupon he took out his token, put his token into the toll box, and entered upon the station.

From this point, he alighted upon his mechanical winged horse and flew off to Brooklyn.

Hester's father, Euripides, said, Wherefore art thou, Hester? Hester, wherefore art thou? Unbeknownst to him, Hester has made it for the BMT.

Hester has arrived in Brooklyn only too late to see Euripides fall into the bell telephone reflecting pool.

Euripides, unfortunately, could not swim.

While back at the gates, Agamemnon has lifted his spear in an attempt to cut Achilles' heel.

All this time, Captain Midnight has been trying to put a call through to Heparatis.

Hepatitis? Hepatitis.

Hepatitis, Hepatitis, whatfore thou hath wroth upon the continent of America? Whyfore have you, have you reaped the grain of America's golden harvest and sold it all to Budweiser at half price? When the blast company was about to give us three pence quid for each golden bushel of golden grain.

Hester, wherefore art thou, Hester? Is that it? Yes.

I couldn't think of half anything.

Identifier

F.2013-01-0023

Date Of Production

1964

Abstract

What started as a film test on new sync-sound film equipment quickly became a short film documenting the typical nuttiness behind the scenes at Goldsholl Design & Film Associates, a Chicago-based design firm that employed both Wayne Boyer and Larry Janiak. Janiak ad libs alone, as no one else would come out from the behind the camera. Shot by Boyer and edited by Janiak, a home movie.

Run Time

0:04:24

Format

16mm

Extent

175 feet

Color

B&W

Sound

Optical

Reel/Tape Number

1/1

Has Been Digitized?

Yes

Language Of Materials

English

Element

Print

Genre

Experimental

Form

Short

Related Collections

Larry Janiak Collection

Related Places

North America ➜ United States ➜ Illinois ➜ Chicago

Additional Credits

Boyer, Wayne (is cinematographer)

Janiak, Larry (is editor)

Participants And Performers

Janiak, Larry (is participant)

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