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Release Date:
May 27, 1970
Original Title:
18 Traffic Light Changes/Durations
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 17
The first of Robert Polidori's completed moving-image works – which was presented at the Jewish Museum in a Film-Makers’ Cinematheque program on May 27, 1970 – was 18 Traffic Light Changes/Durations (1970), a film that shows the clear influence of Michael Snow, as well as an affinity with the contemporaneous work of Ernie Gehr and other structuralist filmmakers.
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