Tuesday 20 February 2024

The Girl Chewing Gum (1976 John Smith)

A London street. An off-camera commentator appears to be giving directions, e.g. "Then the boy should point left". 

Then there are certain mistakes, and meanderings, and directions like "Then two pigeons should fly in from the right" and you realise you're in total artifice - the sound has all been added later, even the alarm that rings through the whole of this twelve minute film - even, at the end, when the scene has changed to a field surrounded by electricity pylons.

Interesting and funny. It's on vimeo here. It really sticks in the head.

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