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Media Burn (1975)

1975 · Short film · 25 min · dir. Ant Farm

  • Documentary
  • Short

Synopsis

Media Burn integrates performance, spectacle and media critique, as Ant Farm stages an explosive collision of two of America's most potent cultural symbols: the automobile and television. On July 4, 1975, at San Francisco's Cow Palace, Ant Farm presented what they termed the "ultimate media event." In this alternative Bicentennial celebration, a "Phantom Dream Car"—a reconstructed 1959 El Dorado Cadillac convertible—was driven through a wall of burning TV sets.

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Director
Ant Farm
Released
1975-06-06
Running time
25 minutes

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Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★★ · that's good tv · moretree5 · 2005-04-08

I thought Adbusters magazine were the first. How wrong we were! Culture Jamming has existed since the start of recorded history... 1975

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