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Specto

Synopsis

Ampersand, 1978, re-purposes clips from a 1974 film I never completed. In Specto they are re-purposed again. The hot tungsten filament of a Specto film projector is a recurring image, along with re-worked clips of a troupe of actors performing Artaud’s Jet of Blood at locations in the city of Lincoln. You’ll see the cathedral and a dilapidated mill with UNSAFE 74 painted on its wall.
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Details

Year
2025
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
3 min 18 sec
Format
16mm and digital processing
Director
Stuart Pound
Director of Photography
Stuart Pound

Genre

Experimental

Categories

Animation Artist Project and Video / Experimental

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Stuart Pound

34 Blondin Avenue
London
W5 4UP

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