L’anticoncept
L'anticoncept
Premiered on Feb.11, 1952, and immediately banned, the first experimental, imageless film of Gil J. Wolman is divided into two sections: a non-narrative soundtrack, some kind of interior monologue including physiological noises, and a visual part built on the irregular alternation of black and white circles screened on a meteorological balloon. In April of the same year, Wolman led a systematic disruption of the Cannes Film Festival and was only saved by a police escort. His L’anticoncept still remains one of the most radical films of all time.
Also in this combined programme
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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 -
Free Radicals
A dynamic, rhythmic work, made without a camera by scratching directly into the emulsion of black film leader.
Film details
- Country of production
- France
- Year
- 1952
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2008
- Length
- 59'
- Medium/Format
- 35mm