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Released
1979 · FILM

Ism Ism

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Written by
Runtime
6 min
Short

Synopsis

Once thought lost, but recently found and restored by Anthology Film Archives, artist and philosopher Manuel De Landa’s *Super 8 Ism Ism* captures his collage mutations of New York City subway ads during the mid-to-late 1970s. By slicing and dicing the perfect faces of models into deviant ghouls, *Ism Ism* transforms the homogenized into the ripening rot of nightmares.

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Principal cast & crew: 1

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Manuel De Landa

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