Nine Jokes

1971
Country: UK
Duration: 12 mins
|30 Seconds
B&W,
Sound: Silent
Ratio: 4:3
Available Format/s: 16mm / SD digital file / Digibeta tape / DVD
Original Format: 16mm film

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A series of very short films, joined together in a single roll for consecutive showing one to nine. A typical film consisting of a 10 sec. black stencilled caption which describes either objectively, or ironically, the image(s) which occupy the remaining 30 secs. of film time. Mostly one-shot with a fixed camera. In running order the films are:
1) THE ART WORLD ERUPTS 30 secs
2) CONTAINER 65 secs
3) GULP 40 secs
4).YES/NO 90 secs
5) SLEEP 120 secs
6) PEA 50 secs
7) THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD 40 secs
8) PASTORALE 60 secs
9) FEEL 75 secs

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