Fuses

Fuses (1967)

An experimental short in which a couple engaged in lovemaking is superimposed over ocean and beach scenes.

Date of release
1967-12-31
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (23)
Runtime
22m
Genres
Drama
Director
Carolee Schneemann

Casting

Interesting facts

Fuses is a 1967 American experimental short film by Carolee Schneemann. It shows Schneemann's relationship with James Tenney, including their sexual interactions.

Production

Schneemann made Fuses from 1964 to 1967, using a Bolex 16 mm camera she had borrowed. She positioned the camera to capture some scenes, and others involved her and Tenney taking turns operating the camera. Stan Vanderbeek shot one segment of Schneemann and Tenney kissing.

As the film was being shot, Schneemann continued to manipulate the original footage and reassemble it. She experimented with many techniques to alter the film—applying dyes and acids, baking it in an oven, cutting it up before taping it to blank leader, and hanging it outside during storms to see if it would be struck by lightning.

Schneemann made Fuses as a response to works by filmmaker Stan Brakhage. His Window Water Baby Moving (1959) showed his wife Jane giving birth to the couple's first child. Schneemann believed that Jane's role in the creation of the film was underrecognized. Schneemann and Tenney had appeared in Brakhage's Loving (1957).

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