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Free Radicals

19585mLen Lye
IMDb 6.3

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In this powerful abstract film with a soundtrack of African drum music, Lye scratched "white ziggle-zag-splutter scratches" on to black leather, 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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What is Free Radicals (1958) about?

In this powerful abstract film with a soundtrack of African drum music, Lye scratched "white ziggle-zag-splutter scratches" on to black leather, 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…

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Free Radicals has a runtime of 5 min and premiered in 1958.

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Free Radicals holds an IMDb rating of 6.3/10. Fans of Animation, Music are most likely to enjoy it — TasteRay can tell you how well it matches your personal taste.

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