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Black Box (1978 film)

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Black Box
Directed byScott B and Beth B
Screenplay byScott B and Beth B
StarringBob Mason
Lydia Lunch
Kiki Smith
Christof Kohlhofer
Harvey Robbins
Ulli Rimkus
Release date
1978
Running time
25 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Black Box is a 1978 American short film directed by Scott B and Beth B and starring Lydia Lunch and Bob Mason.[1][2][3][4]

According to film scholar Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, Black Box is a "terrifying allegory of societal restriction of the individual."[5]

Overview

A man is tortured by his girlfriend and then locked inside a black box.

References

  1. ^ a b The New York Times
  2. ^ The New York Times
  3. ^ The New York Times
  4. ^ Hoberman, J. (May 1979). "No Wavelength: The Para-Punk Underground". Luxonline.org.uk. The Village Voice. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, 1995, Greenwood Press, Westport (CT) & London, Women Film Directors: An International Bio-Critical Dictionary, Retrieved December 15, 2014, page 29