Tom Tom the Piper's Son (1969) - Ken Jacobs

Well finally got around to the legendary Ken Jacobs work. The "plot" if one can call it that is to show a 1905 film of the same name, then systematically deconstruct the film, playing it backwards, enlarged, slow motion, stills, etc. Then once the means of manipulation have worn out show the original film in tact again. The whole film disassembles the cinematographic image and keenly demonstrates just how many details we overlook in the average movie we watch. I'll admit that Jacobs could have easily trimmed the length of his film, and it probably could have benefited from a score of some kind. As an exercise in abstraction though it is pretty solid.