The Flicker

1966

Action

IMDb Rating 5.5/10 10 348 348

structural film no dialogue stroboscopic effect

Plot summary

A film consisting of alternating black and white frames.

Director

Tony Conrad Photo
Tony Conrad

Top cast

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274.66 MB
946*720
English 2.0
NR
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24 fps
12 hr 29 min
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509.94 MB
1420*1080
English 2.0
NR
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24 fps
12 hr 29 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by unrated

You've got to see this

First, there's a corny William Castle-ish warning message, claiming that the film you are about to see could cause epileptic seizures. Then the flickering starts. A solid white screen. At regular intervals it turns solid black (flick!). Then the white-black-white sequence begins speeding up. Your brain starts overloading on all the flickering. Pretty soon you're hallucinating weird patterns. I swear I thought I was seeing a train coming out of the screen.I've never seen anything like THE FLICKER. Like EMPIRE, it's a totally one-of-a-kind movie. Recommended for the mentally healthy.
Reviewed by gregory_newman 3 / 10

Not Art (Spoilers herein...I guess)

While the initial shock of The Flicker's opening shot that exclaims, "Always have a physician on hand before screening" may give the viewer a sense of fear, one will not receive more than a headache. The best part of this "film", or whatever you want to call it, is the occasional hallucination one might conjure. But alas, the entire 25 minute "film" is merely a perfectly clear role that includes a rather unclear soundtrack that gives the film most of it's meaning(whether we're supposed to create one or whether it has one at all). Some people may believe this is avant-gardism at it's highest anarchical point, but I for one believe The Flicker is just a huge waste of precious film. Check it out if you're not epileptic or prone to migraines, but you'll probably turn it off within three minutes of pressing the play button (and no, it does not get better). I, to my misfortune, was unable to do this because I was forced to watch it in my film class. Watch at your own risk.
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