Free Radicals
Visit website5.9/10 • 65
1958-04-23 • 0h 5m
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".
- Directors
- Len Lye
Free Radicals
Visit website1958-04-23 • 0h 5m
5.9/10 • 65
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".
- Directors
- Len Lye
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsReviews0
We don't have any reviews for Free Radicals.
Media
Recommendations
Breathless
7.5
No Backdrop
Hollywood on Trial
5.5
No Backdrop
Wasteland No. 1: Ardent Verdant
5.8
Waves '98
6.3
Scherzo
6.2
Lethal Weapon 4
6.6
Gangs of New York
7.3
The Doors
7.1
The Godfather Part III
7.4
The Last King of Scotland
7.4
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
6.0
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
6.0
Oscar
7.3
A Beautiful Wife
5.7
Office Space
7.4
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
7.0
Wild at Heart
7.0
The Graduates
6.3
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
6.3
Analyze This
6.5
- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- --
- Revenue
- --
- Keywords
- abstractshort film