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Zen for Film

Zen for Film

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 21, 1964

Runtime

0h 8m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

54%

Original Title

Zen for Film

Director

Nam June Paik

Description

In an endless loop, unexposed film runs through the projector. The resulting projected image shows a surface illuminated by a bright light, occasionally altered by the appearance of scratches and dust particles in the surface of the damaged film material. This a film which depicts only its own material qualities; An "anti-film", meant to encourage viewers to focus on the lack of concrete images.