200 (1975)
1975 · Animation · 3 min · dir. Vincent Collins
- Animation
- Short
Synopsis
An psychedelic animated short celebrating America's bicentennial.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Vincent Collins
- Running time
- 3 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- patriotism
- propaganda
Cast & crew
Vincent Collins Director
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Lemme get out my red, white and blue tie-dye... · Wilford B. Wolf · 2005-07-28
"Bicentennial" (aka "200") is pure 1970s psychedilia. The designs remind me strongly of Peter Max and Yellow Submarine. This short film is a series of flag and other American symbol motifs, almost done to abstraction. Interesting bits include the remenants of the hippie culture (the Woodstock logo, the flag shaped around a peace sign) contrasted with the symbols of mainstream consumer culture (a cornacopia spewing out cars, tvs, hamburgers, and hot dogs). Washington crossing the Delaware becomes a Fauvist riot of color. While trying to use all the American symbols it becomes a oblique…
★★★★★ · best piece of american propaganda ever! · mateh · 2005-12-14
beautiful, simple; all that is the epitome of america with an pyschedelically artistic twist.
★★★★ · Warning: May Cause Seizures · Karma Hawk · 2005-04-09
The alternative title I was considering was "Warning: This film goes Nowhere." Anyway let's get down to buisness: This is a short trippy, psychedelic montoge of americana images (only funkified because hey...it WAS the seventies) anyway these images have a habit of flashing rapidly so be forwarned.
★ · Nixon-Ford Plot · doowopbob · 2008-10-24
Government Plot To Hypnotize Viewers To Vote Republican! Paid For By The N.R.A & Jerry Falwell's Acid Dropping Grandmother!
