Report

USA 1967, 16mm, b&w, sound, 13:00 min

realized by:

Bruce Conner

keywords:

seriel film, found-footage
history, politics, death, violence

notes:

• Produced during 1963 - 1967

available copies:

Canyon Cinema Inc.:

16mm, 24fps, sound optical track

available for rent

synopsis: Canyon Cinema catalog 1992

"Society thrives on violence, destruction, and death no matter
how hard we try to hide it with immaculately clean offices, the
worship of modern science, or the creation of instant martyrs.
From the bullfight arena to the nuclear arena we clamor for the
spectacle of destruction. The crucial link in REPORT is that JFK
with his great PT 109 was just as much a part of the destruction
game as anyone else. Losing is a big part of playing games."
--David Mosen, Film Quarterly

"Conner is the most brilliant film-editor of the avant-garde. In
REPORT he has used newsreel footage and radio tapes of President
Kennedy's assassination to produce a thirteen minute movie that
captures unbearably, yet exhilharatingly, the tragic absurdity of
that day." --Jack Kroll, Newsweek

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