The Smell of Death
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The Smell of Death

DirectorBruce Wood

Images gasping for air

1977
16 min

The Smell of Death is the last in a series of moving image creations made as an extension of the Abstract Expressionist painting movement. The film’s structure reveals the interaction of abstract textures and lines punctuated by blackness. The pace and rhythm are purely visual, without dependence of narrative or auditory structure.

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