Pacific 231 (1949)
• September 1st, 1949 • 0h 9min
Music
Overview
An engine moves from the roundhouse to a track where it couples with several passenger cars. At 2:10 in the afternoon, it starts a trip out of the station through the countryside to its destination. The film consists of a montage of shots, some close up, of the engine and its gears and wheels. With the accompanying ambient sounds and an orchestral score, the emphasis is on the engine's power and speed. Parallel lines of multiple tracks, telephone wires, and trees confirm a careful composition.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Mango Sticky Rice
Released on: 2016-01-01
Music, Romance, Comedy
Katie is a dog loving foodie who is very content with her single life. Soon, she finds herself being...
Dog Day - Rome
Released on: 2010-04-14
Fantasy, Music
A woman wakes up after a car accident in a strange world.
Monomyth - Patsy
Released on: 2014-06-12
Fantasy, Music
A very unusual wedding unfolds in front of a woman.
Sheik to Sheik
Released on: 1936-10-10
Comedy, Music
A radio salesman gets knocked out by a golf ball and dreams he's in the desert where he sells radios...
Silence
Released on: 2016-07-15
Drama, Horror, Music
After being discovered trying to escape, a woman must survive the night with her abusive girlfriend.
Between Notes
Released on: 2024-01-17
Drama, Music
Trapped in the swirling thoughts of a late night shift, a restaurant worker receives a cryptic phone...
The Sun's Gonna Shine
Released on: 1969-01-02
Documentary, Music
A lyrical recreation of Lightnin’ Hopkins’ decision at age eight to stop chopping cotton and start s...
Beat
Released on: 2011-11-01
Music, Animation
In a bland, utilitarian world of order, one worker finds his inner jazz
I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket
Released on: 1933-01-23
Music, Comedy
Walter Winchell meets a budding country journalist and shows her around the Biltmore Hotel.
Magnifica
Released on: 2022-10-26
Animation, History, Drama, Music
1907. Magnifica, young Costa Rican harpist, is preparing for her concert at the Royal Conservatory o...
The Cellist
Released on: 2002-10-01
Music
For 25 years, Avron Coleman performed cello with the New York Philharmonic, as well as in numerous i...
The Burden
Released on: 2017-01-27
Music, Animation
A shopping center along a large highway is the scene of an apocalyptic musical. Animation with a str...
CODA
Released on: 2014-01-01
Animation, Music
This short animation draws on advanced digital technologies to offer a new vision of dance in cinema...
Mi Vida Me Pasa
Released on: 2024-08-14
Documentary, Music
Arturo Urbiola, independent singer/songwriter, talks about the influence music has had on his life, ...
Savage
Released on: 2009-10-17
Drama, Music
On a summer day in the 1950s, a native girl watches the countryside go by from the backseat of a car...
Daybreak Express
Released on: 1953-01-01
Documentary, Music
Set to a classic Duke Ellington recording "Daybreak Express", this is a five-minute short of the soo...
Baby Einstein: Baby Beethoven - Symphony of Fun
Released on: 2002-09-09
Family, Animation, Music
This DVD includes upbeat music for movement and active play, plus new activity modes: play, dance, a...
Stop for Bud
Released on: 1963-12-17
Documentary, Music
Stop for Bud is Jørgen Leth's first film and the first in his long collaboration with Ole John. […] ...
We Collide
Released on: 2023-10-15
Music, Drama
A queercore romance - a visceral and immersive exploration of the power of the mosh pit and finding ...
In Song: Arturo Chacón-Cruz
Released on: 2021-09-19
Documentary, Music
Journey to the sunny coastline of South Florida, where Chacón-Cruz — one of opera’s leading tenors —...