Go Go Go

Film directed by Marie Menken in 1964.

Synopsis
'Go Go Go is a tour de force of rapid camera movement and single-frame activity -- films of boats taken at the harbor in single frames, from a moving automobile, on the streets of New York, at a body-builders convention, and at other locations. ~-David Lewis, All Movie Guide

Film notes
'Taken from a moving vehicle, for much of the footage. The rest uses stationary frame, stop-motion. In the harbor sequence, I had to wait for the right amount of activity, to show effectively the boats darting about; some sequences took over an hour to shoot, and last perhaps a minute on the screen. The 'strength and health' sequence was shot at a body beautiful convention. Various parts of the city of New York, the busy man's engrossment in his busy-ness, make up the major part of the film...a tour de force on man's activities. --Canyon Cinema catalog 1992

Links
*Treasures IV: American Avant-Garde Film, 1947-1986 DVD set

Author: 

Year: 

1964
Technical data

Original format: 

16mm

Speed: 

24FPS

Aspect ratio: 

1.37:1

Colour: 

Colour

Sound: 

Optical

Length: 

11 minutes

Distribution/sales: 

Copies for rent:
Arsenal Experimental
Lux
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Sales:

Go go go is included in the DVD compilation Treasures IV: American Avant-Garde Film, 1947-1986, published by the National Film Preservation Foundation.

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