Free Radicals (1958)
23/04/1958
Animation, Music
5m
- 59% (67 votes)
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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".
- Len LyeDirector
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Keywords
- abstract
- short film
