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- The Secret of the Lost Tunnel -

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The Secret of the Lost Tunnel (or Woody Allen: A Space Odyssey)
(1992, super 8, colour, 3.5 minutes, sound on film)

A Camera Dance, using time-lapse/pixilation.

John performs for the camera in a rare "narrative" film, edited in-camera.
Playing a naked Hardy Boy carrying a lantern in the dark, he discovers a mysterious, long, pink tunnel. Struggling to squeeze all the way through, faster and faster, he passes advertisements on the walls along the way, and at the end he emerges into a scene from Stanley Kubrick's movie 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).

John constructed the tunnel "set" in his apartment, changed shooting speeds to change his apparent crawling speeds, and recorded his grunts onto the sound film afterward.

Inspired by a scene in Woody Allen's movie Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, but Were Afraid to Ask (1972).
The title, and title page in the film, is borrowed from a Hardy Boys book.


	John's film *- The Secret of the Lost Tunnel* - 300 Films - New Films - Top 25: Next / Previous Film The Secret of the Lost Tunnel (or Woody Allen: A Space Odyssey)** (1992, super 8, colour, 3.5 minutes, sound on film) A Camera Dance, using time-lapse/pixilation. John performs for the camera in a rare "narrative" film, edited in-camera. Playing a naked Hardy Boy carrying a lantern in the dark, he discovers a mysterious, long, pink tunnel. Struggling to squeeze all the way through, faster and faster, he passes advertisements on the walls along the way, and at the end he emerges into a scene from Stanley Kubrick's movie 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). John constructed the tunnel "set" in his apartment, changed shooting speeds to change his apparent crawling speeds, and recorded his grunts onto the sound film afterward. Inspired by a scene in Woody Allen's movie Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, but Were Afraid to Ask (1972). The title, and title page in the film, is borrowed from a Hardy Boys book.