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Free Radicals
[BE THE FIRST TO RATE THIS MOVIE]Calorie Rating: 7
Released: 1958-04-23
Running Time: 5 Minutes
Homepage: http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/f-len-lye.html
Studios: New Zealand Film Commission,
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".
