The Girl Chewing Gum Explained
| The Girl Chewing Gum |
| Director: | John Smith |
| Runtime: | 12 minutes |
| Country: | UK |
| Language: | English |
The Girl Chewing Gum is a 1976 British short film directed by John Smith.[1] [2]
Background
The film, made as the ideological opposition to mainstream cinema,[3] [4] was inspired by a scene in François Truffaut's 1973 film Day for Night in which the director gives instructions to the actors, and even tells a dog to urinate on a lamppost.[5] [6]
Summary
At Stamford Road in Dalston Junction of east London, the camera follows pedestrians, cars and birds while a narrator, who appears to be the (fictional) director behind the camera, seems to direct their actions.[7] [8] [9] [10]
Legacy
The film is widely acknowledged as one of the most important avant-garde films of the 20th century.[11]
The Girl Chewing Gum was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2019.[12]
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References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160811122903/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6d9987ba BFI
- https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/oct/17/warhol-steve-mcqueen-a-history-of-video-art-barbara-london From Warhol to Steve McQueen: a history of video art in 30 works|Video art|The Guardian
- https://lux.org.uk/work/the-girl-chewing-gum/ LUX
- https://www.moussemagazine.it/magazine/john-smith-pia-bolognesi-2017/ John Smith “The Man Girl Phoning Chewing Mum Gum” at Tanya Leighton, Berlin — Mousse Magazine and Publishing
- [Joe Moran (social historian)|Joe Moran]
- https://books.google.com/books?id=-DUJNdn4pBsC Reading the Everyday - Google Books (pg.90)
- https://www.filmlinc.org/films/girl-chewing-gum/ Film at Lincoln Center
- https://www.altkino.com/writing/can-the-girl-chewing-gum-save-the-world Can The Girl Chewing Gum Save the World? — ALT/KINO
- https://www.artsy.net/article/editorial-reality-and-artifice-in-john-smiths-the Reality and Artifice in John Smith’s “The Girl Chewing Gum”|Artsy
- https://www.closeupfilmcentre.com/film_programmes/2022/john-smith-introspective-1972-2022/ CLOSE-UP|John Smith: Introspective (19720=-2022)
- https://www.arts.ac.uk/study-at-ual/postgraduate-study/postgraduate-community/stories/reporting-back-on-tony-conrad-film-screening Reporting back on Tony Conrad screening|UAL
- Web site: Preserved Projects. Academy Film Archive.
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