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