Video 50

Produced in an era before 24-hour programming cycles, Video 50 was initially used as a late night filler on TV stations in Germany, France, Belgium, and Switzerland. Random, surreal, and unexpected, Video 50 resembles the dream cycle of a dormant TV station after it conscious programming has ceased. Its structure and form anticipate the dissociated sequence of moving images we are now accustomed to encountering on YouTube and social media.

Cast

Louis Aragon

Philippe Chemin

Lucinda Childs

Laura Duke Condominas

Robert Wilson

Michel Guy

Bénédicte Pesle

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