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Bouncing Balls

1969 · 10 min

A queasy, deadpan endurance test of extreme close-up repetition that feels more like a clinical experiment than entertainment.

Overview
In this film, Nauman bounces his testicles with one hand. Shot in extreme close-up, the work is perhaps an ironic reference to an earlier film Bouncing Two Balls Between the Floor and Ceiling with Changing Rhythms, in which he bounced rubber balls. Along with Black Balls, Gauze, and Pulling Mouth, Bouncing Balls is one of Nauman's "Slo-Mo" films which are shot with an industrial high speed camera.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • identity
  • art
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror2
Humour3
Realism8
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight2

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Details

Directed by
Bruce Nauman
Starring
Bruce Nauman
Runtime
10 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
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