The Responsive Eye

Synopsis

Before Brian De Palma became a narrative film maker he made documentaries. Among them is The Responsive Eye, which chronicles the Museum of Modern Art’s 1965 exhibition of op-art. Curated by William Seitz, this was the first significant exhibit of optical art synchronous with and in some cases arising out of the early days of psychedelic culture. It’s amusing to watch the stuffed shirts within the art world attempt to describe what they are looking at in conventional terms or resorting to psychological mumbo jumbo without ever mentioning mescaline or LSD.

Main Cast

William Seitz

Self

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Rudolf Arnheim

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Irving H. Leopold

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David Hockney

Self

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Jeffrey Steele

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Mon Levinson

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Al Lesley

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Josef Albers

Self

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Brian De Palma
	Second Unit Director	Gardner Compton Bruce Joel Rubin
Crew	Cinematography	Brian De Palma Gardner Compton David Moscovitz
Editing	Editor	Brian De Palma
Production	Producer	Midge Mackenzie
	Executive Producer	Ken Burrows
Camera	Assistant Camera	Emile Ardolino
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