Five Holes in Celluloid

Myllymäki Pasi Sleeping

"The brightest white in the history of cinema" is produced without camera: five bullet holes are shot directly in the celluloid. The soundtrack features metal tools slowly moved on a table.

Production Year
1980
Duration
00:02:05
Tyyppi
Asiasana
Original Title
Viisi reikää selluloidissa
Finnish Title

Viisi reikää selluloidissa

English Title

Five Holes in Celluloid

Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Sound
Yes
Cast
Pasi Sleeping Myllymäki (Author), Risto Laakkonen (Cinematographer), Pasi Sleeping Myllymäki (Director)
Press Photos
Pasi "Sleeping" Myllymäki is a Finnish filmmaker known for his alternative short films in the punk and underground scenes. Myllymäki graduated as a graphic designer from the Lahti Institute of Fine Arts and Design in 1976. Inspired by the DIY mentality of punk, he began making his own Super 8 shorts with the amateur cinematographer Risto Laakkonen. Between 1976–85 they produced nearly 50 short films. Between 1979–82, Myllymäki published a fanzine called “Maanalainen kaitaelokuva” (Underground DIY Cinema). The published articles were frenzied rants against the conservative values of 8 mm enthusiasts and manifestos that heralded a “new wave culture”. Myllymäki's underground short films have been screened e.g. at Image Forum Film Festival, Japan, and Venice Biennale 2017.

40 works