Free Radicals (1958)

Name: Free Radicals
Released: 1958-04-23
Rating: 3.0

1958-04-23 • 5 min • ⭐ 5.9/10

Title: Free Radicals

Original Title: Free Radicals

Release Date: 1958-04-23

Status: Released

Rating: 5.9/10 (from 65 votes)

Language: EN

Genres: Animation, Music

Production Companies: New Zealand Film Commission

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".