Metaphor: King Vidor Meets Andrew Wyeth (1980)
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Vidor, King, 1894-1982
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content: King W. Vidor papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.9 Linear Feet (Box 1, FC 1-17)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1978-1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.vidoking, Series 4
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content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: See also Correspondence, Series 1, for a letter from Andrew Wyeth describing the influence of Vidor's 1925 film, The Big Parade, on his paintings, a subject which figures largely in the film. See also Printed Material, Series 2, for a clipping of a lengthy article about the film production from the Los Angeles Herald
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: A video copy of a selection of outtakes from the film is available for reference use.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Series includes production notes, photographs, and motion picture film related to the documentary Metaphor: King Vidor Meets Andrew Wyeth (1980) written and directed by Vidor. The film's subject concerns the influence of Vidor's 1925 film, The Big Parade, on Wyeth's paintings and features a lengthy interview of Andrew and Betsy Wyeth by Vidor.

Photographic material related to Vidor's film project with Andrew Wyeth include photographs of Wyeth and Vidor in Pennsylvania, stills from Vidor's 1925 film The Big Parade, and a still from Metaphor. Production notes include detailed footage and edit notes as well as typescripts of draft narration. Production notes, film strips, and timing cards found in original containers are arranged with the printed digital photographs of the original containers. 

Motion picture film found in the collection includes a print of the final version of the film, edit master film material in the form of A and B roll separated into 2 reels, outtakes of separate picture and soundtrack, and trims.