Gore 1971 - 263

Ten works commissioned by the Scottish Arts Council were broadcast, unannounced, by Scottish TV in August/September 1971. Later, seven were compiled as TV Interruptions (7 TV Pieces).

Footage of American bombing of Vietnam.

A surreal animation of erotic images.

Werner von Mutzenbecher created Rom 70/71 with an Agfa Microflex super-8 camera, during a residency at the Istituto Svizzero (Swiss Institute) in Rome, from autumn 1970 to spring 1971. As he wanders the city streets in the afternoons, the artist captures, without any preconceived intentions, urbans details, or micro-events that draw his attention. Mutzenbecher describes Rom 70/71 as "reflex cinema" and develops a spontaneous form of filmed diary about a location, in this case a city, without focusing on human presence.

One frame of film for each page: the history of human knowledge becomes an illegible, strobing stream of images.

Short film about accidents on war ships.

Stylized documentary on policework in the mountains.

Originally black-and-white material printed with green filters with a superimposed flicker loop.

Horror Action movie from Taiwan.

Film No.1 is a 10-minute loop film. The systems of super-imposed loops are mathematically inter-related in a complex manner. The starting and cut off points for each loop are not clearly exposed, but through repetitions of sequences in different colours, in different ‘material’ realities (i.e. anegative, positive bas-relief, neg-pos overlay) yet in constant rhythm (both visually and on the soundtrack hum) one is manipulated to attempt to work out the system structure … The film deals with permutations of material, in a prescribed manner but one by no means ‘necessary’ or logical (except within the film’s own constructed system/serial.)

Part of BFI collection "Worth the Risk?"

Part of BFI collection "Worth the Risk?"

Part of BFI collection "Design for Today."

Trygve Rasmussen is one of the senior figures within Norwegian animation. He started as an animator Ivo Caprino in 1954. Through his film company Point Film made a series of short animated films, animated commercials and animated effects for films until 1980. The gold coin is a cartoon animation.

A pilot recounts his experience of being rescued by the Jolly Green Giant helicopter.

Bollywood 1971

Film starring Premendra, Rekha and Suresh Chatwal

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