Made without a camera by scratching directly into the emulsion of a black film leader with dental implements and other sharp tools, Free Radicals is a dynamic, rhythmic work. The result is a dancing pattern of flashing lines and marks, as dramatic as lightning in the night sky. Lye’s lines weave their way through various two and three-dimensional permutations as an elemental electrical line evoking creation in its most basic form. The film appeared to ‘discover’ the form of the DNA molecule ahead of the scientists.
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L’anticoncept
This notorious, imageless film, banned already during its première screening, still remains one of the most radical films of all time. -
Futur anterieur (aka Disciples of the Heinous Path – Part 1: The Pain of Everyone)
An anti-retinal meditation on life and death. The avant noise-quartet Spasm play an intense set, as usual in pitch dark. After the musical climax, the
Film details
- Productieland
- USA
- Jaar
- 1957
- Festivaleditie
- IFFR 2008
- Lengte
- 5'
- Medium/Formaat
- 16mm
