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Released
1975 · FILM

Condition of Illusion

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Runtime
32 min
Short

Synopsis

Structural/Materialist Film is defined by a focus on process and construction, with elements that are displaced reflexively rather than uniformly into the pattern of a narrative centered on a stable subject. This approach to filmmaking does not accommodate a fixed or continuous visual perspective; instead, it emphasizes the act of seeing itself, often disrupting or challenging conventional modes of visual consumption. Structural/Materialist film is characterized by its anti-voyeuristic stance, rejecting the passive gaze in favor of an active, often disorienting engagement with the medium.

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Principal cast & crew: 3

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

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Edited by Peter Gidal

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