"I'm going to break away from all the chains that bind."
I just saw Bruce Conner's Breakaway for the first time. It's a 5-minute short featuring Antonia Christina Basilotta (Toni Basil) dancing, teasing, gyrating and leaping, all in "various states of undress." The film is set to the song "Breakaway" written by Ed Cobb. While I'm more familiar with Conner's collage films, this piece (which he completely shot himself) reflects the same rhythmic imagery and use of flicker--though this time, intriguingly, he creates extra flicker with close-ups of Basil's moving body.
It's one of my favorites now. I particularly loved the outfit that Toni wears in the beginning, the effect it has against the black background. This piece makes you want to get up and dance and feel sexy right along with her.
You were a true hero among us.
It's one of my favorites now. I particularly loved the outfit that Toni wears in the beginning, the effect it has against the black background. This piece makes you want to get up and dance and feel sexy right along with her.
You were a true hero among us.