Plastic Saints (1968)

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"While still a student at Yale University, Nick Doob made a series of short works that launched his career in film. One was Plastic Saints, in which Doob took black-and-white footage of a demonstration in Washington DC that he and four fellow students attended, and intercut it with color paint-on-film loops, all set to a recording of “When the Saints Go Marching In.”" - Moving Image Archiving News

Director: Nick Doob
Runtime: 6 min
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Original Language: en
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What is Plastic Saints about?
"While still a student at Yale University, Nick Doob made a series of short works that launched his career in film. One was Plastic Saints, in which Doob took black-and-white footage of a demonstration in Washington DC that he and four fellow students attended, and intercut it with color paint-on-film loops, all set to a recording of “When the Saints Go Marching In.”" - Moving Image Archiving News
Who directed Plastic Saints?
Plastic Saints was directed by Nick Doob.
How long is Plastic Saints?
Plastic Saints has a runtime of 6m (6 minutes).