The Hello Machine

1974 12 min

Overview

The Hello Machine is a short, wordless film-poem, in which he chronicles the building of an entire ESS Mainframe. It is a poetic musing on the connections between handwork and the act of communicating. The film chronicles the act of making and building the mainframe with human hands so carefully that it becomes a handcraft, like weaving or sewing.

Genres

Documentary

Production Countries

United States of America

Spoken Languages

English en

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Cast

Crew

Carroll Ballard

Director

Carroll Ballard

Producer

Richard Rosmini

Music

Caleb Deschanel

Cinematography

Posters

External Links

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