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Free Radicals(1958)
Status: Released
Date: 1958-04-23
59%
65 Votes
Time: 0h 5m
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".
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United States of America,
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Movie: Free Radicals
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