Five of Conner’s most iconic films highlight his development of editing strategies between the late 1950s and the mid-seventies, and his fascination with the dark side of the US empire, combined with spirituality and sexuality. The programme kicks off with A MOVIE, Conner’s first film, produced using footage from a thrift shop in San Francisco and Castle Films, a domestic film distributor, and ends with CROSSROADS, the masterpiece that expresses his obsession with the nuclear bomb.
Bruce Conner:
A MOVIE, 1958, 35 mm, 12 min; LOOKING FOR MUSHROOMS (BEATLES VERSION), 1959-67, 35 mm, 3 min; COSMIC RAY, 1961, 16 mm, 5 min; REPORT, 1963-67, 16 mm, 13 min; BREAKAWAY, 1966, 35 mm, 5 min; THE WHITE ROSE, 1967, 16 mm, 7 min; MARILYN TIMES FIVE, 1968-73, 16 mm, 14 min; CROSSROADS, 1976, 35 mm, 37 min.
