Girl chewing gum: the time that cinema forgot

Rod Stoneman

doi:10.13025/19662

Girl chewing gum: the time that cinema forgot

Rod Stoneman

Huston Film School

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Abstract

John Smiths Girl Chewing Gum was made and shown at the London Film-Makers Co-op in 1976. Through its wit and imagination this film challenged the pervasive form of British avant garde experimentation at that moment structural materialism. Through a close reading of its signifying process it can be seen to address the mechanisms of mainstream cinema and the role of chance.

Original language	English (Ireland)
Journal	Short Film Studies
Volume	2
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.13025/19662
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2012

Keywords

experimental film
London Film-Makers' Co-op
structural materialism

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