A found, utilitarian object – the overtly moralising educational film How To Be a Good Citizen – is elevated to the status of ‘art’. The film is first presented unaltered and then in Land’s colour facsimile, which is further modified by applying an opaque matte that creates a spatial paradox.
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Fleming Faloon
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Remedial Reading Comprehension
Land rejects the dream imagery of the historical trance film for the self-referential present, using macrobiotics, the language of advertising, and a speed-reading test on… -
What’s Wrong With This Picture? 2
As Land and his students were testing a new video camera, an elderly man began to talk to them about new technology. This impromptu conversation…
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 1971
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2005
- Length
- 5'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
