Star Spangled to Death (2004)

Directed by

Ken Jacobs

Genre

compilation film

Country

United States

Runtime

7h 16m

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Ken Jacobs assembles seven hours of archive footage into a personal critique of the United States. The film pieces together clips from decades of American film history.

experimentalarchivalsprawlingobservationalprovocativefragmentedslowintellectual

What happens

Star Spangled to Death is a 2004 experimental film directed by Ken Jacobs, consisting almost entirely of archive footage, depicting Jacobs' view of the United States in film. Jacobs began compiling material in the late 1950s, and premiered the film (almost seven hours in length) at the 2004 New York Film Festival. It won the Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2004. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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