Schmeerguntz (1965)

Directed by

Gunvor Nelson

Country

United States

Runtime

14 min

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This avant-garde film smashes together messy scenes of housework and motherhood with glossy images of women from ads and magazines. It shows the ugly reality of domestic life against the fake perfect picture sold by media.

chaoticjarringsatiricalunpolishedconfrontationaldisorientingrawvisceral

What happens

Schmeerguntz is a 1965 American avant-garde film by Gunvor Nelson and Dorothy Wiley. It is a collage film that contrasts messy depictions of domestic life with the pristine images of women found in media and advertising. The film was an inspiration for the Miss America protest that happened in 1968. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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