Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

Nessieldwi Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Joenicolosi On the first day of film school, in a class called film aesthetics, this short film was screened. Right afterwards the class was asked to give their opinions on the film."I think it symbolized violence" one kid said."I think it represented human nature's tendency towards war and desire for sex" a girl from the back of the room blurted.Then the teacher asked why were the clips separated by seconds of black. She asked what the significance of the music score was. The class went silent as the 30 some odd film aficionados thought of what it could symbolize, what the message was, what it all meant. Then, i raised my hand, and gave my interpretation...This movie is a collection of seemingly random clips from newsreels and b movies, but is edited in such a way that it constantly begs the audience to ask questions. Why did the titles play 5 or 6 times throughout the film? Why did he show the Hindenburg exploding - backwards? Why start the movie with a topless girl taking her stockings off? What's with the music? Is the filmmaker trying to evoke some emotion with the visuals combined with the music?Watching this movie is like staring up at the clouds and telling your friends what you see. It means something different to everyone who has ever watched it. By no means is this movie put together poorly, there is no order or theme to the clips, but it keeps the audiences attention even for the sole reason that you never know what your going to see next. If you ever get the chance to see this don't pass it up, it's only 12 minutes of your life but be prepared to spend at least 3 times that thinking about the film.

angrytexan This movie is different. That's about it. It's not innovative, it's not incredibly intelligent, and it most certainly is not a classic. This guy, Bruce Conner, whose name we are made painfully aware of, may have been the first person to edit together 12 minutes of stock footage in a quasi-logical manner (most likely not). So what. I could have done it, and I could have done it a lot better. So could you, probably.I agree that every film student should have to see this. They should have to see it as an introduction to the concept that there is a lot of crap afloat in the movie industry, and the mere fact that it's unique doesn't do a lick of good when it's neither entertaining nor intellectually-stimulating.Congratulations, Bruce. You made a real goldbrick.

sarah-180 an amazing film of film clips, this piece is truly amazing. stunning footage presents the birth of man through metaphor and then, after twelve minutes of imagery illistrating humankind's triumphs as well as failure, conner takes the viewer back to the womb with his water motif. this piece on the whole is one of my favorite shorts, as it portrays the world circa 1960 in a way one might not expect..i also enjoy conner's use of the inaguration of queen elizabeth 2 in the midst of technological failure clips. highly enjoyable, worth the trouble of seeking it out...

nunculus Bruce Conner made this miraculous assemblage of found footage, scored to a stirring/ghastly/nightmarish NFL Week in Review score, which can be seen at the Walker Arts Center in Minneapolis...all the time. In its infiniteness and promise of endlessly varied pleasure, it's like a small, homemade document of the boundless happiness made by movies.