Movie Details
Theatrical Release:August 13th, 1967
Original Language:English
The Awful Backlash (1967)
14 minAug 13th, 1967
In their starkly minimal film The Awful Backlash directors Robert Nelson and William Allan focus solely on a pair of hands as they begin to unravel what appears to be a tangled fishing line Any further evidence of the titles confusing awfulness other than the literal disentanglement of the line remains however tentative left as it were literally at a loose end The viewer knows nothing of the incident that led to this backlash or entanglement nor of the directors initial motive for the title indeed not of any other attempt at blending an additional storyline beyond what is seen There is perhaps one link with a reverse reaction a sense of gradual recovery taking place as the thread unfolds from a position of multiplicity back to a singular line Pamela Kember Rethinking Refunctioning Awful Backlash catalogue May 2000 Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005
DirectorRobert Nelson
