Free Radicals (1958)
- HD 1080
- Runtime: 5m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America, New Zealand
- Director: Len Lye
- keywords: abstract, animated short film
- Production_studio: New Zealand Film Commission
- The Free Radicals is featured in the top rankings of 1958
- #3 in Top Animation of 1958
In this powerful abstract film with a soundtrack of African drum music, Lye scratched "white ziggle-zag-splutter scratches" on to black leader, using a variety of tools from saw teeth to arrow heads. The first version of the film won a major award at the International Experimental Film Festival Held in Brussels in 1958 in association with the World's Fair. Stan Brakhage described the film as "an almost unbelievably immense masterpiece".