An anti-war collage composed of fleeting black and white visual using a variety of animation techniques. The tone of this experimental film is surreal using sources of images and sounds from the 20th Century, opening with the rhythm from Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ ‘I Put a Spell on You’. Soundtrack by Jay Watt.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
504747
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Surrealism in motion pictures
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → War
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art and motion pictures
Crafts & Visual Arts → Surrealism in motion pictures
Experimental → Experimental films - United States
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)