Girl Chewing Gum by John Smith (1976)

Girl Chewing Gum
John Smith
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• Category

  Film & Animation

[giallicollective]

realise that the V/O is scripted and added later, the way the alarm and traffic noise drops in and out is a further clue, that sound and image in fact totally separate, look at the writings and films of the Russian structuralists such as Eisenstien, Vertov and Kulshov,

[giallicollective]

, because it draws attention to the structure of film, at first the V/O is in time with the action, as if the V/O is the director who is dictating the action, then his directions go out of sync, at one point the V/O reveals he's not with the camera as his narration becomes more absurd, leading the viewer to

[Sean Grothmoore]

Absolutely hilarious. I saw this at the East End Film Festival in 2009 at the Rio. It's described as a 'structuralist' film. I'm curious to know what makes it that. Anyone?

[teadrinkor]

loving this

[luxmovingimage]

This version is missing the end of the film - watch the whole film on the LUX website luxdotorgdotuk

[fy2099]

he filmed it himself

[Sherbeth91]

your welcome!

[sirvidia]

no mate, I wanted to know did he shoot the film himself or did he use pre-existing footage. I'm aware what the point is. thanks.

[Sherbeth91]

"two pigeons fly across" what do you think?

[Jenn M]

So simple.

Sooooooooo good.