Straight and Narrow

  • Run time: 9 min
  • Premiere: 1970. December 31.

Straight and Narrow is a study of subjective colour and visual rhythm, although it is printed on black and white film, the hypnotic pacing of the images will cause most viewers to experience a programmed gamut of hallucinatory colour effects. Through the intermediary of rhythm, the maximal impact is drawn from the simplest of universal human images: straight horizontal and vertical lines. Set to a strong percussive musical background, rapidly alternating images of black and white straight lines are juxtaposed in precise rhythmic patterns to create specific colours... if you can watch without becoming hypnotised...

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Directing

Tony Conrad

Director

Beverly Grant

Director

Sound

John Cale

Music

Terry Riley

Original Music Composer

Directing

Tony Conrad

Director

Beverly Grant

Director

Sound

John Cale

Music

Terry Riley

Original Music Composer