DUNG SMOKE ENTERS THE PALACE

by Leslie THORNTON
1989 / 16mm / b&w / sound / 1S / 16' 00

PEGGY AND FRED IN HELL, Thornton's ongoing and open-ended video series, maps a surreal, quasi-apocalyptic realm littered with the detritus of a pop culture bursting at the seams. Castaways in this wilderness of signs, Peggy and Fred are, as Thornton states, "raised by television," their experience shaped by a palimpsest of science and science-fiction, new technologies and obsolete ones, half-remembered movies and the leavings of history. An exploration of the aesthetics of narrative form as well as the politics of the image, Thornton's rigorously experimental oeuvre has forged a unique and powerful syntax.

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distribution format 16mm
screen 1,37 - Standard (single screen)
speed 24 fps
sound beta tape
rental fee 62,00 €