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21-87
21-87 was Lipsett’s second collage film. He shot much of the footage himself in Montreal and New York City in the early sixties on his own Bolex camera. Some of the shots that were taken in New York include the footage of men on park benches, a street sweeper and pigeons in New York City’s Dominion Square. He shot the fashion show footage in Montreal. The film also uses NFB stock footage as well as stills. There is a strong religious over-tone, and the film also explores a “man-machine” dilemma. A voice which states “Well your number is 21-87 isn’t it, boy does that person really, uh, smile” is heard at the film’s end, while a machine’s clicking/buzzing sound is played over moving images of a dancer and a corpse being dissected, indicating the link between people and robots or machines.
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