This screening includes Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
- Date and time:
- Fri, Feb 8, 2013, From 6:30–7:52 pm
- Runtime:
- 1 hr 22 min
- Cost:
- Free, but ticketed
Series: Underground Film Series
About Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
- Year Released:
- 2012
- Genres:
- Documentary, Experimental
- Metadata:
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film provides a welcome introduction to experimental cinema. Taking its name from Len Lye’s Free Radicals (1958), the film includes segments on Hans Richter; Robert Breer, who died last year; Stan Brakhage, eloquent soon before his 2003 death; Jonas Mekas, the artistic director of Anthology Film Archives; and Ken Jacobs, who self-mockingly recalls his youthful ambition to “capsize” America. Austrian filmmaker Peter Kubelka explains the rhythmic precision of his editing, and Stan Vanderbeek’s animation shows the avant-garde as technologically ahead of its time. This is an accessible film, full of joie de cinema. (HD Cam presentation)