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Zero Hour

1992

DIGITAL

Dystopian | Experimental | Short | War

USA | English | Black & White | 00:30

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The transgression and confrontation is re-enacted in this brilliant fugue-like film by Dana Plays constructed of found footage, and concerning both American involvement in oversees conflict and the resultant unseen plight of the child refugee. Subverting state-sponsored informational films on such issues as war bonds and highway safety, Plays transforms these agit-prop rhetorics into a celluloid mirror of transgression as a larger cultural pathology. In Zero Hour, the results - the products of war return to the initial cite of production: an assumed audience of Americans, middle-class citizens of an ideal suburban dream who have somehow foregone the immediate experiences and repercussion of mass destruction and displacement. The gaze rests on us. We are the sugar-stated, hyper and unaware violator, an audience whose relationship to world events is nowhere more homogeneous than in or communal incubation and guilt.

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Director	Plays, Dana
Writer	Plays, Dana

Edition details

Nr Discs	1
Regions	Region 1

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Owner	RICK'S MOVIES & MUSIC
Location	ARCHIVES
Storage Device	DIGITAL MEDIA
Purchased	On May 13, 2014 at CONTACT US ON TUMBLR
Watched	May 13, 2014
Index	4399
Added Date	Oct 06, 2014 12:42:09
Modified Date	Jul 29, 2023 11:47:49

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