Film
Guitar Drag
2000 · 14m · Music · Documentary
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Overview
For this video shot in Texas, Christian Marclay connected an electric guitar to an amplifier and dragged it behind a pick-up truck. The resulting cacophonic sound evokes noise music and the destruction of instruments at rock concerts and in Fluxus performances. The work refers more precisely to a racist murder committed in 1998 not far from the film location - James Byrd Jr. an African American, was dragged by a truck for several kilometers.
Crew
- Christian MarclayDirector
Details
- Release date
- January 25, 2000
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 14m
- Genres
- Music, Documentary
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