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Rating

5.9/10

Release1958

Runtime0h 5m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

New Zealand Film Commission

Movie

Free Radicals

1958

0h 5m

5.9

Animation

Music

Synopsis

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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