''Report'' is a 1967
short (13 minute),
avant-garde
The avant-garde (; In 'advance guard' or ' vanguard', literally 'fore-guard') is a person or work that is experimental, radical, or unorthodox with respect to art, culture, or society.John Picchione, The New Avant-garde in Italy: Theoretical ...
film by
Bruce Conner
Bruce Conner (November 18, 1933 – July 7, 2008) was an American artist who worked with assemblage, film, drawing, sculpture, painting, collage, and photography.
Biography
Bruce Conner was born November 18, 1933 in McPherson, Kansas.His well- ...
. It consists of found footage concerning the
assassination of John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. CST in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza. Kennedy was in the vehicle with ...
.
Summary
A two-part meditation of JFK assassination that also dissects the phenomenon of the news media as a means of processing the event with recordings of said assassination and other imagery created as a method by Bruce Conner to show the effect JFK's death was to the public and the media.
Legacy
It is listed in the book ''
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die''.
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, No-Budget Nightmares
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See also
* List of American films of 1967
* JFK (film)
''JFK'' (released under the subtitle The Story That Won’t Go Away) is a 1991 American epic political thriller film written and directed by Oliver Stone. The film examines the events leading up to the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963 a ...
References
External links
*
''Report'' on MUBI
Some Remarks on Bruce Conner and Report-Bright Lights Film Journal
{{Bruce Conner
1960s avant-garde and experimental films
1967 films
Films directed by Bruce Conner
Collage film
1960s English-language films
1960s American films