Viet Flakes

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Viet Flakes

1967

0h 8m

8.2(5 votes)

War

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Viet Flakes was composed from an obsessive collection of Vietnam atrocity images, compiled over five years, from foreign magazines and newspapers. Schneemann uses the 8mm camera to “travel” within the photographs, producing a volatile animation.

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Directed by: Carolee Schneemann

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