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1976 British film by John Smith From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Girl Chewing Gum is a 1976 British short film directed by John Smith.[1][2][3]
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Directed by | John Smith |
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Running time | 12 minutes |
Country | UK |
Language | English |
The film, made as the ideological opposition to mainstream cinema,[4][5] was inspired by a scene in François Truffaut's 1973 film Day for Night in which the director gives instructions to the actors, and even tells a dog to urinate on a lamppost.[6][7]
At Stamford Road in Dalston Junction of east London, the camera follows pedestrians, cars and birds while a narrator, who appears to be the (fictional) director behind the camera, seems to direct their actions.[8][9][10][11]
The film is widely acknowledged as one of the most important avant-garde films of the 20th century.[12]
The Girl Chewing Gum was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2019.[13]
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