Mudflat (1980)
27m
Running Time
August 24, 1980Release Date
Plot.
Years ago, artists would walk around the muck at the edge of the San Francisco Bay in Emeryville, and build loads of sculptures out there on the flats, created from driftwood and found objects that drivers would enjoy as they motored south on the old Highway 17 (known in numerous radio ads as 'Highway 17, The Nimitz'). Grabbing material off someone else’s work was considered fair game and part of the fun, and contributed a kinetic dynamic to the ongoing display. Now the place is a park, and the sculptures are gone, but you can see what it used to be like in this neat and funny documentary by Ric Reynolds, augmented by Erich Seibert’s wonderful musique-concrète/time-lapse sequences. The flashback circus sequence includes Scott Beach and Bill Irwin. Sculptors interviewed include Walt Zucker, Tony Puccio, Robert Sommer, Ron & Mary Bradden, and Bob Kaminsky.
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Cast & Crew.

Scott Beach

Bill Irwin

Walt Zucker
Himself

Tony Puccio
Himself

Robert Sommer
Himself

Ron Bradden
Himself

Mary Bradden
Herself

Bob Kaminsky
Himself

Richard A. Reynolds
Director
Details.
This Movie Is About.
hippie
san francisco
1970s
sculpture
counter-culture
art
1980s
bay area
emeryville
public art
hippie modernism
hippie art