Michael’s Theme

Synopsis

Using previously unbroadcast fragments from the opening and closing of several episodes in the first two series of Parkinson from the 1970s, this experimental work explores the talk-show convention of revealing the mechanisms of television-making, as well as the notion of improvisation within the ‘recorded- as-live’ TV format and within the repeated live renditions of the jazz theme tune in those earlier episodes. [8 minutes]

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of production

2014

Subjects

Television studies

Keywords

experimental film & video; television archives; television criticism; talk shows

Online availability

URI

https://lux.org.uk/work/michaels-theme

Price

On request

Delivery

Streamed

Credits

Director

Katryn Elkin

Distributor

Name

Lux

Email

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Web

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Phone

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Address

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