Time Piece

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About the film

experimental avant-garde

Time Piece

Release Date: May 07, 1965

Year	:	1965
Slogan	:	«»
Genres	:	Comedy, Music
Production Companies	:	The Jim Henson Company
Director	:	Jim Henson
Producers	:	Jim Henson
Writers	:	Jim Henson
RunTime	:	9 mins.

Dislocation in time, time signatures, time as a philosophical concept, and slavery to time are some of the themes touched upon in this nine-minute, experimental film, which was written, directed, and produced by Jim Henson-and starred 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