Plot Summary
In this powerful abstract film with a soundtrack of African drum music, Lye scratched "white ziggle-zag-splutter scratches" on to black leather, 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".
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Director & Crew
Len Lye
Director
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It has a TMDB rating of 6.1/10 based on 71 votes.
Who directed Free Radicals?
Free Radicals was directed by Len Lye and released in 1958.
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Free Radicals has a runtime of 0 hours and 5 minutes.
Movie Details
- Release Date
- 1958-04-23
- Status
- Released