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Fragmentary History of the 21st Century
running time: 18 min. 30 sec.
16mm
1999
description
Schizophrenic film. Scenes from the daily life of the new millennium. Science fiction without spaceships. Experimental parables. 2 pets, 3 TVs, an ocean of cars, a lucky penny. Lots of people receiving electroshocks for no good reason.
screenings & awards
"FragHist21" has screened at more than 2 dozen fests including the Athens International Film and Video Festival, the Hi Mom Film Festival, Thaw 99 at the University of Iowa, Big Muddy, and the Atlanta Film and Video Festival. It was awarded second prizes at the International Surrealist and Main Street Film Festivals, an Honorable Mention at Thaw, and the 1999 Hal Kammerer Prize and was a Best of Festival selection at Atlanta.
reviews
"The real gold mine of Cucalorus 99 was found within the shorts....Top of the heap was RogerWarrenBeebe's "A Fragmentary History of the 21st Century."...Beebe's work is goofy, startling, and important--here is finally a film that isn't concerned with being 'cool' or even 'anti-cool cool,' but still enveloped with a deliberately perfect sense of style and pace." --Wilmington Encore
"Another experimental short that unfolds in true Beebe style." --Cucalorus Magazine
"Delightfully obtuse" --Reel Carolina
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