Termites

director: Milan Šamec

original title: Termiti

year: 1963

running time: 2 min.

synopsis

An accidental spill of developer on the negative film resulted in moving splotches whose motion, accompanied by rhythmic banging on a radiator, resembles a swarm of insects. Although Šamec intended his film as a parody of avant-garde movies, it was named best experimental film at the Genre Experimental Film Festival in Zagreb.

biography

Milan Šamec (1942-2007) was a leading member of Croatia’s amateur film scene, which worked primarily with a more traditional visual approach. Šamec defined himself in opposition to the avant-garde scene, towards which he took an ironic stance in Termites (1963).

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director:

Milan Šamec

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