Free Radicals

Free Radicals

1958
5m
5.9

5.9/10

68 votes • View on IMDb
Animation Music
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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Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
New Zealand Film Commission
Production Countries
United States of America New Zealand
Spoken Languages
No Language

Keywords

abstract short film

Quick Facts

Release Date April 23, 1958
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0051634
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Cast

Key Crew

Len Lye
Director