Drive-by Shooting (1994)
2h
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February 5, 1994Release Date
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With a movie camera mounted in the passenger seat of his car, Andy Anderson drove around filming his local neighbourhood of Fort Worth, Texas. The procession of sunny lawns and quiet houses has a day-dreamy innocence, however on the soundtrack, a narrator recites from the police records of over 600 crimes committed in the area. Domestic violence, petty theft, drug related assault; the list of vicious and hapless actions unfolds randomly, "a woman said her husband punched her in the face when he asked her for ten dollars and she didn't have the money. theft; two lawnmowers.." In a powerful counterpoint of sound and image Drive By Shooting creates a two hour-long surveillance film that misses all the action, yet evokes a sense of vulnerability on the streets and violence behind closed doors.
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Slow camera shots from the side window of a car are shown in the film. The voice tells of the crimes in the film. Minor crimes such as theft of food stamps are performed here. The cases are related to domestic violence. Anderson wants to show that violence is common in areas similar to his own. The reports were taken from newspaper articles and police reports within two months. There were no people pictured during the documentation. The drive-by shooting takes 120 minutes. It was performed in 3sat at night in 1996 as an endless loop.