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Cosmic Ray (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Cosmic Ray' is a 1962 American experimental short film directed by Bruce Conner.[https://www.timeout.com/us/film/bruce-conner-the-art-of-montage Bruce Conner: The Art of Montage-Movie review-Time Out New York]
Synopsis
The film consists of many rapidly cut together visuals, including black-and-white footage of a nude woman with a pearl necklace, a couple of Mickey Mouse cartoons,[http://www.centerforvisualmusic.org/library/WMConnerFallout.htm Fallout-Some Notes on the Films of Bruce Conner] - Center for Visual Music, Los Angeles and newsreel footage of atomic bomb explosions, all set to Ray Charles's "What'd I Say" (the one used in the film is featured on his 1973 live album).[https://mubi.com/pt/films/cosmic-ray MUBI][https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film316995.html FilmAffinity][http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7051d628 BFI][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xI3H92dulw What I'd Say (Live at Alonzo HeHerdon Stadium, Atlanta, GA, 5/28/1959 on Ray Charles' official YouTube channel][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prf7dsuKD7k Bruce Conner - Intro / THREE SCREEN RAY - Art + Music - MOCAtv on YouTube]
See also
*Jump cut
*Music video
*1962 in film
References
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