USA, 1970, 16mm, b/w, sound, 10 min.
Straight and Narrow is a study of subjective colour and visual rhythm; although it is printed on black and white film, the hypnotic pacing of the images cause in most viewers to experience a programmed gamut of hallucinatory colour effects. Through the intermediary of rhythm, the maximal impact is drawn from the simplest of universal human images: straight horizontal and vertical lines. Set to a strong percussive musical background, rapidly alternating images of black and white straight lines are juxtaposed in precise rhythmic patterns to create specific colours... if you can watch without becoming hypnotised...