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32 FILMMAKER: HILARY HARRIS (1929-1999)
INFLUENCE :
HILARY HARRIS
basic element of film is movement, and much of the emotional
experience for the viewer comes from the filmic rhythm and visual
A poetry that movement gives. Hilary Harris was a New York filmmaker
who made emotionally powerful documentary-style films full of a rich dynamism
emerging from both his camera shots and his editing. Harris viewed the camera as
an instrument of heightened awareness: “there is great possibility for the camera
to give a richer vision of the visual reality that surrounds us.”
nyghtvision magazine volume 3, number 1, WINTER 2013
