Free Radicals (1958)

Name: Free Radicals
Genre: Animation, Music
Released: 1958-04-23

Release Date:	1958, April 23
Directors:	Len Lye
Countries:	New Zealand, United States of America
Production:	New Zealand Film Commission

Overview:

In this powerful abstract film with a soundtrack of African drum music, Lye scratched "white ziggle-zag-splutter scratches" on to black leader, using a variety of tools from saw teeth to arrow heads. The first version of the film won a major award at the International Experimental Film Festival Held in Brussels in 1958 in association with the World's Fair. Stan Brakhage described the film as "an almost unbelievably immense masterpiece".

Keywords:

short film abstract

BigList Rating:	0
Critics Rating:	59

Free Radicals (1958)

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