Material / Technique:
16mm acetate film, gelatin binder, dye, plastic film reel
Content description:
Breakaway, by Bruce Conner; The five-minute Breakaway shows Antonia Christina Basilotta (Toni Basil) shimmy, tease, gyrate, and luxuriate in various states of undress. The music, Ed Cobb's (Breakaway), the B-side of Basilotta's first single, is a throaty pop-tune with low-brow mid-60s ("lib" lyrics (i'm gonna break away from all the chains that bind, and everyday I'll wear what I want and do what suits me fine), a cross between Nancy Sinatra and Martha and the Vandellas. The song lasts two minutes and 30 seconds, after which the entire short, picture and soundtrack, runs backwards to the beginning.