Sandy Moore

"Covers the very brief lives of several firecrackers, including the political, erotic and schizophrenic firecracker. It is also about the creative process: one firecracker reads from Wittgenstein." - Pacific Film Archive program note, 1979

Text by Gertrude Stein, from "Tender Buttons." "Something is happening to a painting, because it is being looked at, and several thousand cut outs and objects are called into the fray. My shooting field here ranges from 18" x 30" to 9' x 12'."–S.M. Included in the 1985 Whitney Biennial.

Optically printed takedown of a classic cartoon. This film turns upside down in the middle and proceeds backwards to the end.