UbuWeb Film UbuWebCarolee Schneeman (b. 1939)
Back to Carolee Schneeman in UbuWeb Film
Fuses (1964-67)16mm, color, silent. 22 minutes.
Part of "Autobiographical Trilogy". Filming begun in 1964. This film was transfered to video in 1992. Color, silent. 18 minutes. Schneemann's 1965 self-shot erotic film remains a controversial classic. With awards at Cannes (1968), the Yale Film Festival (1992), and showings at Museums and Universities internationally, Fuses has nevertheless encountered censorship over the years. "The notorious masterpiece.... a silent celebration in color of heterosexual love making. The film unifies erotic energies within a domestic environment through cutting, superimposition and layering of abstract impressions scratched into the celluloid itself... Fuses succeeds perhaps more than any other film in objectifying the sexual streamings of the body's mind." - The Guardian, London
RESOURCES:
This UbuWeb resource is presented in partnership with Arttorrents
UbuWeb Film | UbuWeb
PennSound | Artmob | EPC | WFMU