Looking for mushrooms

Duration: 3

Year Published: 1961

Creator: [filmmaker, Bruce Conner]

Format: 16mm

Color: Color & B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Conner, Bruce, 1933-2008.; Lennon, John, 1940-1980.

Description: The music sound track is a song performed by John Lennon.; No credits or date on film; information supplied from filmmaker's filmography in PFA's People file: Bruce Conner file no. 3.; Handwritten on filmography, referring to this film and Breakaway: "Push these last two films to FULL volume."; Running time: 03:06.; PFA 1612-01-8852. Restricted: For PFA exhibition only.; PFA 1604-01-1957. Restricted: Not for research use.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.; Curtis, David. Experimental cinema. New York: Universe Books, 1979, p. 149; MacDonald, Scott. A critical cinema: interviews with independent filmmakers. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988, p. 250; Renan, Sheldon. Introduction to the American underground film, p. 137; Filmed in Mexico.; On his filmography, Conner describes this film as "Famous documentary containing complete information. Special effects by Isauro Nava, Rancho del Cura, Huatla de Jimenez, Mexico." The film uses frenetic, fast cutting of street and village scenes in Mexico to give a hallucinogenic effect . Scenes include graveyards, people gambling and playing cards, and fireworks. After the fireworks, the setting switches to city scenes, including highways, traffic signals, and gardens. The fast cutting is continued throughout, implying that one can expand one's perceptions in both rural and urban environments.; PFA 1612-01-8852. D0209; PFA 1612-01-8852. First on reel with: Breakaway. CONDITION NOTE: Inspected: 2000/07/24 Excellent condition; no dirt; no splices; no scratches; all films hot spliced together with black slug between films CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2007/03/29 same CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 2007/01/25; Very good to excellent condition; color is excellent; warped; 0.5% shrink; PFA 1604-01-1957. CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 2006/ 11/02; scratches; Fair to good condition: many scratches, one continuous; color good; bad damage in first 10 ft. due to misthreading--holes punched intermittently mid-frame by projector claw; PFA 1604-01-16758. Second on reel with Breakaway. Notes on original can: Private use only. No public exhibition. Re-focus before second film--the films are printed on opposite sides of the film stock. Edge code: Eastman Rev II 1966. CONDITION NOTE: Inspected (2010?) Color is excellent (Kodachrome); slight warp; very light wear.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE