Bruce Conner's Breakaway gotta see it!

Bruce Conner was a genius in his time. The movies we saw in class were interesting in that he was a recycler who turned various throw aways from panty hose to film scraps into art. I think he used alot of irony to point out the way society was living. The readings made me want to see more of his stuff and I did. I have to say Breakawy featuring Toni Basil was my favorite it is just awesome. I love the editing, lighting-sometimes strobe, the outfits and sometimes lack of. It was so fresh and creative. A quote from the readings sums up Mr. Conner best "to create art For better and sometimes worse, scores of other filmmakers in both the avant-garde and the commercial mainstream have been influenced by Mr. Conner’s shocking juxtapositions and propulsive, rhythmically sophisticated montage. MTV should have paid him royalties." If more of this type of work was features on MTV I might start watching again.