Craig Baldwin
Spectres of the Spectrum
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Original format 16mm
Year 1999
Language(s) English
Artist(s) Craig Baldwin
Running time 91 min
Films
SPECTRES OF THE SPECTRUM (1999) 91'
Description
The director of Tribulation 99 and Sonic Outlaws returns with his most ambitious work to date! Spectres of the Spectrum draws from Baldwin's extraordinary collection: vintage television broadcasts, industrial and educational films, Hollywood productions, commercials, and cartoons. By blending in live-action sequences, handcrafted special effects, and continuous narration, he creates a totally unprecedented paranoid science-fiction epic.
BooBoo, a young telepath, and her father Yogi, are revolutionaries at war against the "New Electromagnetic Order." Their adventure, set in 2007 in a devastated Nevada outpost, interweaves with the history of electromagnetic technology development: from X-rays to atomic bombs, from television to the Internet.
"Both politically charged and fiercely inventive, this extravagant opus confirms Baldwin as a true star of the avant-garde."
— Christian Science Monitor