Plastic haircut

Duration: 10

Year Published: 1997

Creator: a movie by William T. Wiley, R.G. Davis, Robert H. Hudson, Robert Nelson.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Nelson, Robert.; Wiley, William T.; Davis, Ron G.; Hudson, Robert H.; Reich, Steve.; Canyon Cinema.; Plastic haircut better off.

Description: This is the 1997 "better off" version re-edited by Robert Nelson in an effort to improve upon the original. In 2003 during the preservation project, Nelson decided to scrap this version.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CUY.; PFA 1604-01-12418. Restricted: For research use.; Sound by Steve Reich.; A snippet of the Steve Reich sound collage begins over opening credits (unlike in the original 1963 version); then the film goes silent as R.G. Davis, founder of the San Francisco Mime Troupe, has absurd interactions with various geometric objects on a highly stylized constructivist set. At 242 ft. the film goes to black for about 100 ft., during which Steve Reich's sound collage, which cuts up a boxing announcer's exaltations, is heard. After the black, the images from the beginning of the film repeat in a truncated form with audio from an improvised mock interview with the director (Robert Nelson, playing the role of a filmmaker from India). This final section only lasts approximately 17 ft.--almost all of the interview from the original version has been omitted and the film ends abruptly.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE