12-12-42

12-12-42 A film by Bernard Stone, Tom McDonough & Dick Gerendasy / Produced for Xanadu Films Summary: Collage animation & archival footage used in bizarre anti-Vietnam War musical montage film - aspiring actress Mimi Sarner born 12Dec42 discusses her childhood, opinions on world events & general musings about life over often surrealistic montages of stills, stock footage & animation by Oscar-winning artist Carmen D’Avino covering subjects inc. WWII, Cold War, Civil Rights, Vietnam & speeches by LBJ, McNamara et al. Sarner breaks into song at times declaring she wants to be a singer, then reads poetry over shots of Vietnamese war atrocities while making observations like “we’re all capable of killing”. Very much of its time. Impossible to shotlist in full. Oddities; Pacifism; Anti-War Protests; Agitprop; NYC Art Scene; Independent Filmmakers; Liberals; 1960s;