Time Piece
Directed by Jim Henson
Produced by Muppets
A surreal, jazz-scored meditation on time's passage and human constraint, built from fragmented imagery and philosophical abstraction rather than narrative.
Dislocation in time, time signatures, time as a philosophical concept, and slavery to time are some of the themes touched upon in this 9-minute experimental film, which was written, directed, and produced by Jim Henson. Screened for the first time at the Museum of Modern Art in May of 1965, "Time Piece" enjoyed an eighteen-month run at one Manhattan movie theater and was nominated for an Academy Award for Outstanding Short Subject.
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