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Spot the Microdot

An unprintable film, handmade by punching holes into an opaque 16mm strip.

This film was made by punching circular holes into fully opaque film stock and laying discs of colour film into some of the punched holes. Only the original copy of this film exists – it cannot be printed and is therefore projected only on rare occasions. As with other Le Grice films from the late 1960s, Spot the Microdot is marked by a radical rejection of ‘illusionism’, choosing to focus instead on the material properties of the film medium itself.

10m1969TMDb 6.0

English

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This film was made by punching circular holes into fully opaque film stock and laying discs of colour film into some of the punched holes. Only the original copy of this film exists – it cannot be printed and is therefore projected only on rare occasions. As with other Le Grice films from the late 1960s, Spot the Microdot is marked by a radical rejection of ‘illusionism’, choosing to focus instead on the material properties of the film medium itself.

  • BFI

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Info

Status
Released
Released
20 December 1969
Runtime
10m
TMDB score
6.0 / 10 (5 votes)

Production

Studios
BFI
Countries
United Kingdom

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
No Language