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16MM, COLOUR, MONO, 3:30 MINUTES, USA, NO DIALOGUE / DIRECTOR/CINEMATOGRAPHER/EDITOR: KENNETH ANGER / PRINT SOURCE: UCLA FILM AND TV ARCHIVE / RIGHTS: DR KENNETH ANGER / SCREENING FORMAT: 35MM / PRESERVATION FUNDED BY THE FILM FOUNDATION, 1965

In this camp evocation of masculine fetishism and 1960s' youth culture, a young man ritualistically strokes his customised car with a powder puff. The 1950s' hit song ‘Dream Lover’ provides the film’s breathless soundtrack. Anger's combination of sound and image is widely acclaimed as an important precursor to the contemporary music video.