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Date produced: 1970

Filmmaker(s):

Ulises Carrión

Country of Production:

Mexico

Languages:

Format:

Super8

Sound Notes:

Unknown

Awards/Recognition:

Honors Mention of the First Independent National Film Contest, 1970.

Description:

"Primera obra de Ulises Carrión, artista que pocos años más tarde haría una importante carrera con el conceptualismo europeo de los años setenta. En ella un grupo de jóvenes se dedicaban a destruir periódicos y todo tipo de mensajes entre los que incluso se encontraba la convocatoria al mismo concurso" (Vázquez Mantecón, 2012).

"First film by Ulises Carrión, an artist that a few years later would make an important career with the European conceptualism of the seventies. In it, a group of young people are dedicated to destroying newspapers and all kinds of messages, including the very contest announcement [Independent National Film Contest]" (Vázquez Mantecón, 2012).

Resources:

Vázquez Mantecón, Álvaro. El Cine Super 8 en México 1970-1989 . Filmoteca UNAM, 2012. Find this book in Filmoteca UNAM Docs