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Free Radicals
Free Radicals

Free Radicals

5.9/10

0hr 05mins

Country:NZ

1958

AnimationMusic
Spoken Languages: No Language

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".

Budget

$0.00

Production companies

New Zealand Film Commission

Genre

Animation, Music

Runtime

0hr 05mins

Rating

5.9/10

Release Date

1958-04-23

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