Free Radicals

Name: Free Radicals
Released: 1958-04-23
Rating: 6

6.0/10 (69)

·1958· 5 min

Director: Len Lye

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".

In brief

Free Radicals (1958) is a animation, music film. With an average rating of 6.0/10 from 69 votes, viewer opinions are mixed. The film runs 5min. Check current streaming availability in the "Where to watch" section above.

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Free Radicals runs 5 minutes (5min).

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Free Radicals has an average rating of 6.0/10 based on 69 viewer votes on TMDB.

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Free Radicals was released in 1958.