Mass Monument / Rocks

Short videos made by students in Pat Lehman's video production classes.

00:44Copy video clip URL Title card. Credits: Bruce Bonin, Paul Therkelsen. Music by (In order): Moody Blues, Neil Diamond, Arthur Garfunkel, Rod McKuen

01:30Copy video clip URL A close-up of a small statue of Mary. Zoom out to reveal a large room full of these statues and a sign reading “New England Statuary.” Neil Diamond’s “Missa” plays as the camera wanders through the space, exploring equipment, unfinished or abandoned sculptures, and various rooms. 

06:38Copy video clip URL Tombstones in a cemetery. 

11:57Copy video clip URL A city intersection, filled with pedestrians. Art Garfunkel’s “Another Lullaby” plays on the soundtrack. Wandering down the sidewalk. 

15:31Copy video clip URL An urban park, filled with people. 

16:12Copy video clip URL An interior with simple stop-motion animation of a rock and a ladder. Joshua Rifkin’s “Maple Leaf Rag” on the soundtrack, followed by a recording of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Wendy Carlos’s version of the “William Tell Overture” and Carlos’s version of Bach’s “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring.” 

26:07Copy video clip URL End credits, difficult to read: Rocks by Jason Lodge [?] and Scott Wilder. [Illegible credit] by Bruce Bonin. 

26:15Copy video clip URL Footage shot from moving subway trains. 

33:00Copy video clip URL Onscreen text: The Swinger. Shortly followed by end of tape.