Archive of films Speed of Light / Speed of Light

USA
1981, 30 min

Section: Made in Texas: Tribute to Austin Film Society Section includes annotation
Year: 2018

Speed of Light is best described, in the words of its creators, as a “screaming red piece of time crash-landing in the cultural backwash of the American Gothic.” Directed by Brian Hansen, the film also features a soundtrack by Radio Free Europe, an Austin new wave/art rock/mechanical noise group of which Hansen was a member.

Synopsis

Speed of Light won a Gold Star Award in the British Moviemaker Ten Best Competition (January 1981) and a Silver Venus Grand Award in the Best Experimental Film category at the Houston International Film Festival (April 1981). Speed is best described, in the words of its creators, as a “screaming red piece of time crash-landing in the cultural backwash of the American Gothic.”

Louis Black

About the director

Brian Hansen. Filmography: Speed of Light (1981)

Contacts

Louis Black Productions
1000 E 40th St, Texas 78751, Austin
United States of America
Tel: +1 337 212 1092
E-mail: [email protected]

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About the film

Color, DCP

Section:	Made in Texas: Tribute to Austin Film Society

Director:	Brian Hansen
Screenplay:	Paul Cullum
Dir. of Photography:	Vince Hollister
Editor:	Lorrie Oshatz
Art Director:	Carolyn Connerat
Producer:	Carlysle Vandervoort, Brian Hansen
Production:	New Hands
Cast:	Sally Norvell, Larue Lugge, Bert Crews, Nick Modern, Dan Puckett
Sales:	Louis Black Productions

www:	http://www.madeintexasshorts.com/