Klaximo, 1963

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David X. Young made Klaximo in response to what he saw as a growing tendency to replace humans with machines, as a reaction to "industrial eroticism" even as it seemed to conform to that genre: "For one thing, I hate the term industrial eroticism. It's an oxymoron. I made Klaximo as protest against that very notion. The idea that machines or computers could better the idiosyncrasies of the human psyche. The big problem was to convey the illusion convincingly, which of course meant erotically. And it was largely a mise en scene editing and rhythm problem. It was a challenge just like painting a leafy tree in certain lights is a challenge. No other difference. I don't see anything avant garde about it. I think it is too clear for that category." This series contains two silent 16mm reels, the "A" and "B" rolls, of Klaximo. The soundtrack has not been identified among the sound reels in the collection.

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