Eyetoon (1968) [N/A]
Written by:
Jerry Abrams
Directed by:
Jerry Abrams
Release Date:
January 1, 1968
Original Title:
Eyetoon
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 8
"The sea, tranquil and violent, is the ultimate symbol for Jerry Abrams' EYETOON and the ultimate equivalent to making love -- his concern in this short and visually dazzling film. Abrams contrasts the rushing faces of New York and a highway juggernaut with the peaceful joining of bodies in a Gjon Mili-like stroboscopic sequence -- always with a burbling, flashing maelstrom of emotions underlying and double-exposing with the bodies. It is visually lovely, technically first-rate and impossible to ignore. The graphic sex is economically handled." -- John L. Wasserman, San Francisco Chronicle
This is a short movie in psychedelic style, with visuals that are stunning, also taking into account the period when it was realized and with music fully integrated with the visual concept. It starts with graphics and animation in the palette of colors of the psychedelic age, and continuous with a combination of edited filmed scenes and stills taken from the streets and from the roads with erotic scenes and dancing using slow motion. The changes in tone and style of the visual fit perfectly the changes in rhythm and melody, so that the ensemble of the work is coherent and makes a lasting impression. This was the last and the best of the five short films from the psychedelic era presented by ARTE and a real grand finale for the series.
