Flex (2000)
September 15, 2000Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Jo Hadfield
Couple
Jon Hadfield
Couple
Duncan Meadows
Body Builder Double
Aaron Bawn
Additional Man
Kris Knight
Additional Man
Chris Cunningham
Director
Desireé Kongerød
Dancer
Cindy Burnay
Producer
Robert Tannion
Dancer
Aphex Twin
Composer
Alex Barber
Cinematographer
Neill Gorton
Makeup Effects
Mark Sloan
Additional Man
Kris Knight
Additional Man
Anthony D'Offay
Executive Producer
Sue Pocklington
Casting
Chiara Bersi Serlini
Executive Producer
Ian Morse
Makeup Effects
Camilla Pascucci
Makeup Artist / Hairstylist
Virginia Roberts
Production Manager
Grant Freeman
Assistant Director
Aidan Quinn
Assistant Director
Matthew Scott-Perry
Assistant Director
David Chettleborough
Carpenter
Details.
Release DateSeptember 15, 2000
StatusReleased
Running Time17m
Wiki.
Flex is a 2000 video installation by the British video artist Chris Cunningham. It consists of a 15-minute film loop that endlessly depicts a naked man and woman floating in darkness, who by turns embrace and furiously beat one another, culminating in an act of anal sex during which they disappear in a blast of light. The film is set to an electronic soundtrack by Aphex Twin.
It was first displayed to the public in 2000 as part of the Apocalypse: Beauty and Horror in Contemporary Art exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, and subsequently at the Anthony d'Offay Gallery and other art galleries.
It was given an 18 certificate by the BBFC, with no cuts from its original form.
A 3.5-minute excerpt of the 17-minute film was released on the DVD The Work of Director Chris Cunningham.
It was also re-edited for the back-drop screen projection during Madonna's performance of "Frozen" during her Re-Invention World Tour.
An excerpt of the video was shown in the Barbican's exhibition Seduced: Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now curated by Martin Kemp, Marina Wallace and Joanne Bernstein. alongside other pieces by Bacon, Klimt, Rembrandt, Rodin and Picasso.The man and woman are depicted by combining the performances of a number of performers and body doubles, including actors Jon and Jo Hadfield, and dancers Rob Tannion and Desiree Kongerod. Post-production work was done at Glassworks and the Moving Picture Company.